Private space installing apps

flighty_sloth

I'm trying to install an app in private space that I also use in owner, and it's giving my the error about the version being older. Is the best way to do this to manually find an apk of the same version that's installed in owner profile, or is there a better way I'm missing?

Do we think it will ever be possible to install apps from the owner profile similar to how it's done in user profile? Is that the desired behavior?

ryrona

flighty_sloth Which app store are you trying to install the app from?

Probably9857

flighty_sloth Do we think it will ever be possible to install apps from the owner profile similar to how it's done in user profile? Is that the desired behavior?

There is an issue for this: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/4147

flighty_sloth

ryrona I was trying to use Aurora Store.

ryrona

flighty_sloth Odd. How did you get a newer version in your main profile than what is available in Aurora store?

Probably9857

ryrona Odd. How did you get a newer version in your main profile than what is available in Aurora store?

Staged rollouts, possibly. Or some other weirdness due to how Aurora tries to be a proxy for a service that doesn't want to be proxied.

ryrona

Probably9857 I understand. The problem with going out on the web trying to find an APK is that there is a risk you'll find a malicious one. I guess the proper solution is for GrapheneOS developers to implement a way to install an app from owner profile to the private space, like what we already have for secondary profiles. And the workaround I guess is to wait a few days and hope the staged roll-out passes. If you do go out on internet to hunt down the same APK, please verify the signing key of that APK and of the one already installed in the owner profile, so they are the same. That way you know the APK you found is legitimate.