issue with playstore app

[iecxiv]

EDIT tl;dr: ℹ️ our current release can be found here: https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/releases/latest

Description of the issue

When installed from your repo, is updated with nel0x version on playstore

Steps to reproduce

I am using Obtainium to manage instalation and update of this app from your github repository. it is necessary to access the playstore and in the nel0x syncthingfork app to disable the automatic upgrade, since otherwise, it is updated and in obtainium it indicates that the latest version is older than that of nel0x, so it is necessary to do an uninstallation and post-installation with the consequent of losing the configurations. exporting the settings is useless.

App version

1.30.0.5 vs 2.x nel0x

App install source - see wiki for details on release channels

GitHub or F-Droid release build

Android version

16

ROM vendor

Stock

Device manufacturer

Samsung

Device model

25 Ultra

Device platform info (optional)

Android log (logcat)

[researchxxl]

thank you for reporting!

there is two issues here:

obtainium seems to offer downgrade suggestions which make no sense for android apps in general as the user from my pov often does not want to downgrade but keep the latest version.. can obtainium devs help you on this??

the playstore still seems to use the former maintainers signing which was not changed after they transferred it to nel0x beginning of the year.. this signing also belongs to existing user installations of the v1 track on github.. i would need nel0x reach out to solve this as the former maintainers notes i got during the handover said nel0x got the play publishing task under the condition they publish using their own signing key during next months and let users know about the ownership change of the gplay account so that they get the same app as on github..

what unfortunately did not come true of their notes is that we had a option to sign and publish both releases here together.. as i got the keys valid for v1 and v2 "catfriend" app updates and nel0x until now did not have any code differ (so the apps on playstore and github always were the same until their announcement to continue on their own) we could have joined together and released a reproducible github apk, gplay bundle and fdroid apk with all the same code based on and signature to solve this update and where-do-i-get-from updates mess for users. tl;dr this would have been one syncthing fork app with the work of both of us and others :-(

[iecxiv]

so who is still maintaining the catfriend, you or nel0x?

[researchxxl]

atm it is me and i appreciate any form of help by the community (code review, contributions, reaching out about translations integration)..

there was a lot of questions about publishing lately - it is very important to give you, the users, a good form of source where you can easily install from and hopefully later build trust to. but work also calls me. there are some issues to be analysed.. users need help.. and i need to get this forum account up and running and contact catfriend as he posted. i understand there is much more to do, just give me time to settle please.

and also a big thanksy to @normanre who is with me on fixing bugs :-). getting back to you asap!

[iecxiv]

thanks for the clarification. and thanks for the continuity of the application

[iecxiv]

And one last question, sorry. What is the latest version?
2.0.12.1
Or
1.30.0.5
I ask because 1.30 is most recent to date.

Edit: excuse me. i have read the publication notes well and I have already clarified. V2 latest

[researchxxl]

latest: 2.0.12.1 (but was reported by users to cause more battery drain than v1 on some phones)

[tomasz1986]

the playstore still seems to use the former maintainers signing which was not changed after they transferred it to nel0x beginning of the year

As far as I'm aware, you cannot change the original key on Google Play (as doing so would prevent you from upgrading the already installed apps). In order to use a new key, you would need to remove the previous app from Google Play first, and then upload the one with a different signature as a completely new app.

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[researchxxl]

reopen request by @nel0x