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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon ImranR98

[New source] Telegram channels

Open namazso opened this issue 1 year ago • 6 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