While I want to thank all developers profusely for their great work on 4.6.0.12, I have to report the following behaviors on X10III, which in my opinions are caused by one and the same bug. They have already been mentioned in the comments of the Release Notes but I think they deserve a separate thread. In all stores listed below, app downloads succeed, but installation has problems, both on fresh installs or updates of already installed apps. The workaround of going to the relevant subdirectory of android_storage/Android/data/com.aurora.store/files/Dowloads/ (or similar) and manually opening base.apk usually works (as observed by @mkz )
Aptoide fails silently
F-Droid shows an error popup on many applications; others install normally.
Aurora Store shows a black screen instead of the usual install confirmation popup. By blindly tapping several times on the black screen I did manage to update one app, but succeeded with no other (I have tens of them)
Huawei AppGallery works, but the install confirmation popup appears at the center of a black screen, while on 4.5 it didnāt blacken the background. This makes me think that the problem with Aurora Store might be that the confirmation popup is actually there, but it is covered by the black screen (also already mentioned in the release notes comments)
I havenāt tested with other stores.
Some of the installed applications donāt work any more, but this is a separate topic.
Somebody in a Telegram group suggested that by setting the installation method as āAM Installā in Aurora Store, the downloaded APKās are shared with an external App Manager. The App Manager which installs seamlessly from F-Droid can then be chosen and the installation succeeds. This isnāt straightforward, but in this way one can perform vital updatesā¦
It was exactly as I suspected: the dialog is there, itās just invisible. @rainemak was kind enough to send me a screenshot of the dialog, so I managed to install an app by guessing where the install button should be.
Guesstimating the install text position works and I was (eventually) able to update all my 10+ Android apps I have installed via Aurora Store. My tactic was repeatedly tapping from a bit too high to a bit too low, one of the taps should hit the buttonā¦
Edit: Can someone with 4.6.0.11 test this and see if this is a regression from that version ir not? IIRC this worked for mw with 4.6.0.11 but Iām not entirely sureā¦
So, the workaround is ā¦ when you want to install or update an Android app, and depending upon your phone, get a ruler and measure X mm from the side of the screen and Y mm from the top of the screen. Where the measurements intersect mark with a cross. At the appropriate time during the installation/update process tap on the cross to complete the installation
