Had to delete droidify in second profile to install on main

Kathead

Hello I was trying to manually install the new droidify on my main profile and I kept getting an error saying there was a conflict with existing app. Droidify on my main profile was uninstalled. I had to delete the droidify on my second profile to get it to work. My question is what up with that?

Hulk

Kathead sounds like you were trying to install an older version of the same app, which is why the installer was not letting you do that.

Kathead

Hulk it was the newer app but I guess I'm more concerned with how an installed app on a secondary profile was messing with my ability to install on main if they are separate.

Hulk

Kathead it is an additional protection that Android provides. A user is not allowed to downgrade apps or install outdated versions of apps.

Kathead

Hulk I understand that concept. Let's assume the version I'm trying to install is outdated. Why would an app that only exists on my secondary profile be triggering the error on my main profile.

Hulk

Kathead please read this thread https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/63-f-droid-second-profile-issue

Kathead

Hulk OK so it seems that's just the way it works. Android can see that one of the profiles has it and won't install regardless of which profile its on?

MetropleX

When you install an app on a device only one version of it really exists on it. When you download and install in another profile you are effectively creating another isolated instance of it. One instance can't communicate with another.

So when you try to install on another profile this is why it needs to be the exact same version with the exact same signing key. Also why updating an app in one profile updates it across all of them.

Kathead

MetropleX excellent thank you

Kathead

Hulk thanks for your help