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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon ImranR98

[New source] Telegram channels

Open namazso opened this issue 2 years ago • 13 comments

Modded apks are often distributed this way. Would be great to also have a regex to filter filenames to grab and install, as various builds are often just dumped into the same channel.

namazso avatar Aug 30 '22 03:08 namazso

This can definitely be looked into. Could you provide a link to a Telegram channel that could be used for testing?

ImranR98 avatar Aug 30 '22 13:08 ImranR98

https://t.me/TwiFucker

provides modded twitter apks with adblocking

namazso avatar Aug 30 '22 16:08 namazso

It seems like Telegram isn't a very open platform for app distribution as there's no way to get an APK without logging in with an account (as far as I've seen). The channel preview at https://t.me/s/TwiFucker does show the most recent messages with APK attachments, but clicking on one just prompts you to open the app.

We could ask the user to create a bot account, then use their own account name and API token to get access, but that is more complex than just adding a new source by extending AppSource - it would require Telegram-specific changes like saving user credentials, etc. Will leave the issue open but may not get around to it anytime soon.

ImranR98 avatar Sep 03 '22 22:09 ImranR98

Doesn't seem like this is likely to have any movement. Closing - will reopen if anything changes.

ImranR98 avatar Nov 19 '22 21:11 ImranR98

This issue has come up again recently and may be worth another look.

Since this issue was created, the AppSource class has been extended to allow for Source-specific additional options, so asking a user to add (non optional) API keys should be a lot easier.

ImranR98 avatar Feb 16 '23 15:02 ImranR98

I actually have quite a lot of apps from telegram channels. It happens to be the fastest medium for developers that already use telegram to chat with their users. There are also apps that cannot be obtained anywhere else. E.g. my own test releases of Neo Backup only appear in a group (! not even a channel). I don't use other social media very often, but I guess there might be more hidden eco systems (discourse? reddit?).

hg42 avatar Feb 05 '24 18:02 hg42

Probably it's possible by using https://pub.dev/packages/tdlib Like:

  1. user logins
  2. selects chat or channel
  3. then sets regex

But it's very difficult 🦭

re7gog avatar Apr 21 '24 14:04 re7gog

Probably it's possible by using https://pub.dev/packages/tdlib Like:

1. user logins

2. selects chat or channel

3. then sets regex

But it's very difficult 🦭

try it ig

kaorlol avatar May 29 '24 00:05 kaorlol