[Bug] Difficulty uninstalling the application

[Dim7x0]

Bug Summary

I can’t uninstall an application from Android 10. The package installer crashes with an error when I try to uninstall the application.

Version

1.4.4.

Steps to reproduce the bug

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[chr56]

Report to device manufacturer.

This shall not be fault of Phonograph Plus.

Try to use adb to uninstall if in urge.

[chr56]

This is a bug on Android 10 with external physical SD card.

Phonograph Plus has set android:hasFragileUserData="true" in AndroidManifest.xml years ago (cf8036d).

However, there is bug:
https://gist.github.com/agnostic-apollo/58def38fdb1c90563454974108ae52df
If you are using Android 10 with an external physical SD card. Package Installer will directly crash.

However, Google fixed it on Android 11.

This is not a fault by Phonograph Plus but Google's. And this bug was also reported last year (#86) but I didn't notice and see the truth.

See also:
Similar issues:
MuntashirAkon/AppManager#1193
hushenghao/AndroidEasterEggs#24

[chr56]

Current solutions:

1. Guide user to use adb to uninstall:
   adb uninstall player.phonograph.plus
2. Remove android:hasFragileUserData in AndroidManifest.xml:
   Is that worthy?
3. Provide special version to Android 10 users: (currently plan):
   A version without android:hasFragileUserData="true" (and targetSdk is 28 to bypass Scoped Storage), this will solve the problem (and many issues relative to storage permissions).

[chr56]

If everything is fine, in next major version, there would be a special version provided for Android 10 with external SD card.
You could upgrade to this special version which could be uninstall without difficulties.

[chr56]

v1.8.0 has been released.

Please install legacy variant for Android 10, which would fix the problem.

Close! @Dim7x0