Apps installed from Obtainium cannot be archived. I really want the used app icon on my home screen so that I don’t forget about them but with the app deleted to save space.

There is an issue tracker https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/2042 but no developer have answered. Meanwhile is there a work around?

thanks a lot

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    Archived = uninstalled and it will be redownload from Google play when launched. If it’s installed from another source, it can’t redownload from Google play

  • Railcar8095@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    That’s a “Google play” feature AFAIK. Apps installed from fdroid, apk, aurora or epic have the same drawback.

    It’s really annoying, it’s a very useful feature.

    • Markaos@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      4·
      24 hours ago

      It was a Google Play feature (a hack built around modular apps that used App Bundles instead of APKs for distribution) that later got added into Android itself in Android 15. F-Droid supports it, you just have to have Android 15 or 16.

      Edit: proof

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    Obtainium has its own list of apps you’ve added, you could just use that as a list so you don’t forget about them?

    • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      yeah that could be an solution, but I have already grouped my apps in the home screen so I have download it in the future I have to group them again. I have about 200 apps downloaded and I have 550+ apps used. So it could be a lot of work. Using archive feature I could easily manage these stuff