Save downloaded apks until they're installed or after a timeout

[jm355]

It's not a big deal, but I just tried to install an app for the first time with droid-ify and had to go to the settings to allow it to install apps, and when I got back I had to redownload the app. It would be nice if droid-ify held on to the apk till it was installed or at least long enough that I wouldn't have to redownload it after the install process got interrupted. I'm sure this would be useful in other situations too where the install process could get interrupted, like if you get a call right before installing an app

[Donkey-Doug]

Or simply save them for 24 hours after install.

I think aurora store does something like this. You can even navigate to the apk files in a file explorer.

[sudo-nautilus]

Yeah, it'll be helpful to install an apk file if it's saved to the storage by the app.

[neekless]

It used to store downloaded apks in cache but idk why it doesn't anymore.

[momobobe]

It used to store downloaded apks in cache but idk why it doesn't anymore.

I think it does cached for certain time, but delete the apk once you have seen the screen of installation. So just don't delete them so fast, add a trigger to set a time period for delay (actually this is how the official F-Droid app implements). then that's all fine.

[machiav3lli]

Actually we plan to allow setting a custom download folder (this would cover two issues: retention and only-downloading) , but this won't come with v0.9, it's more a thing for v1.

[machiav3lli]

Since couple of releases there's an option to set how long the apks should be cached