Folks, the latest nightly build of Aurora Store has a workaround for the search issue: when searching for an item, it opens the results in a webview and we can then tap to the app we need and then tap to "Open in App" in the top and it will open it in Aurora Store. Works great within the app, without having to open the browser and searching the item as was suggested earlier.

bocekm You might want to look at @Volen's response.

Also, keep in mind that GrapheneOS can also allow you to use Play Store while keeping it sandboxed like other apps, which you may need if you want paid apps, or need apps that use Play Asset Delivery etc.

You can read more about it here:

https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play

Of course, that's completely opt-in, so you can pick and choose whatever you want.

P7P; I downloaded the latest AS from F-Droid and it didn't work. Turned off my always-on VPN and it worked fine.
HTH. (I do have the play store open by default link disabled)

I'm having trouble with Aurora, someone mentioned "rate limited", that's my problem, when searching I get a message "Oops, This account is rate limited" I have no idea what that means. Any help appreciated.

    Thanks Volen, I installed it into GrapheneOS but got stuck somewhere where it mentions "repositories", I will try again. Thanks Treequell for the link also.

    Not too impressed with Aurora Droid, I can't even find apps I downloaded from Aurora, a lot is missing.

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    Volen that link refers to Aurora Droid (F-Droid Client), not Autora Store

      Can anyone else confirm that this build is working as it supposed to be? (Search fuction/anonymous/no rate limit)

        HoarseMan Hi HM... could you explain the process to get this to work please... I too installed the nightly build etc... but when I search for a new app, it opens Google App Store and wants me to log in rather than displaying my app... ??? thx, VAULT

          Volen when I click on the the arrow in the square, nothing happens. Did I miss something?

          VAULT

          Perhaps I spoke too soon. It took me to the Play Store also, but I was looking for a Google app in that case so it seemed normal. Prior to installing the nightly searches in Aurora didn't work and they si now

            Hi,

            It used to be possible for the play store to update apps installed by Aurora, and vice versa (except that there was an extra prompt to validate if I recall correctly).
            Now my play store does not find any update for apps unless I specifically search for the app and open it's page, in which case the "install" button changes to "update".

            Any idea why that is ? I can't reasonably manually reinstall all apps from the play store.

            Thanks !

            6 days later

            Has ANYONE got this working... today is the 16 May 2023, and I STILL can't understand how to get this working. Here's what I have tried again today:

            1) I watched this short vid to show me what to do... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQosj8Ak0tk

            2) I have installed the Nightly Build from here (https://files.auroraoss.com/?folder=AuroraStore/Nightly), opened and granted the usual permissions it wants.

            3) I THEN "long pressed" Aurora Store App icon to get "App Info", then tapped "Open By Default" which the toggle switch is already turned "on"... then tapped "Add Link", but the two links that are shown in the video that I am meant to "tick" are GREYED OUT...

            4) I installed Firefox for this as Vanadium didnt give me the option to "open in external app" but Firefox does:
            So... when I then try to open an app link, like the one on the Signal Webpage, and select "open in external app" it does NOT use Aurora Store, but still opens Play Store...

            ANYONE got this working yet... ??? Please help me understand what I am doing wrong... :(

            Many thanks
            VAULT