Cross - Post - Issue Chanu - VS Android 14 #10
Description
First, I'd like to thank the developer of this app, I have used it since its inception, and everyone else that stepped in when Google would change its operating system or push updates that would break Chanu. Like all good things, this sadly app has sadly came to an end (to me at the moment) I spent a solid few hours to get it semi functional and I'm honestly surprised that I was able to use and enjoy Chanu for this long, it has been by far the best chan app on android (I tried many different clients to see if I can get used to them, because I knew eventually Chanu - much like other great old apps would stop work) Well today was the day.
I am currently on a Pixel 8 Pro - Android 14 - March 5th 2024 Security Update - AP1A.240305.019.A1
I had been using chanu perfectly up until today - sure it wasn't the latest and greatest, the captcha didn't work and would occasionally crash, but I don't post, i just used it as a newsfeed to read, and to occasionally save a funny image or two.
This morning, I noticed it wouldn't load any of the threads on any board, i would just attempt to load
My first troubleshooting attempt: Clear Cache - No resolution
Second Attempt - Clear User Data - No Resolution
Third attempt - Uninstall Chanu (which was a huge risk but i took it)
I went and downloaded chanu_v2.0.32a_modlite.apk.zip thanks to Elad Karako - who mentioned this to me / shout out to https://github.com/alsd4git/chanu/releases/tag/v2.0.30 as well. as they have kept me going on this app.
and installed it - Mr. Google Play Protect, stepped in and said NOPE - so i turned off play protect, and it let install the apk.
After installing the update I got the dreaded prompt I knew I would receive:
I gave up but tapped an area around this prompt - and got the app to semi work again - with all these design trends and the tik-tok-ification of the internet (youtube - shorts) (instagram - reels) (twitter - whatever the hell its trying to be) the internet being consolidated by Giant Tech Companies -- Chanu was by far my favorite app when I had downtime, navigation was simple, saving media was easy, sharing was easy. it was just not bloated.
So I'll finish off my "cool story bro" with a few things.
First, Thank you so much again for everyone from the developer, to all the people that stepped in to maintain the app for all these years.
Second - are there any clients as simple as chanu that are even worth bothering I've tried so many and they all just have strange mechanics or want to make different directories for saved images, or watching threads wont work. if only I wasn't so smooth brained and was an actual developer I would try to fork and maintain this app, my skills are limited and laughable at best. (I don't even think I could Kode with Klossy)
Lastly, would anyone be interested in bringing this app up to whatever "modern android standards" are the baseline now (I have no clue what that involves or the time it takes, and I know the state of the world and how everyone is working more than before and the cost of everything has exponentially risen)
Thanks again to everyone.