Re:Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs
by TillE on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:18PM
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Your browser is also an app. A general-purpose file manager is pretty clearly not trying to become an app store.
Re:Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs
by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:38PM
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The difference is that the browser can't install the app, AFAIK. You have to open it in a file manager to do that.
Re:Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs
by hvdijk on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:55PM
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You don't, you can trigger the installation directly from mainstream Android browsers. When the download finishes, there's typically a notification that it finished, and that notification allows you to open the downloaded file directly without having to go through a file manager.
It is.
What this is doing is forbidding apps that can install other apps from being in the Play store. Basically, if Total Commander wanted to give the finger to Google and refuse to remove the function, Google would remove them from the Play store, meaning you'd likely have to either use your browser to find and download the APK or install it over USB with ADB.