[Feature]: Self Updating

[baciu30]

Problem Statement

The app regularly checks for updates and prompts you to visit the GitHub Repo to manually download and install the new version. This may not apply to all, but sometimes I need to reinstall the entire app because of "signature mismatch"

Proposed Solution

The app should be able to auto-update, either in the background or after prompting the user. The entire process should not require leaving the app's interface

Alternatives Considered

No response

Priority

Low - Nice to have

Contribution

• I would be willing to implement this feature

Additional Context

No response

[sameerasw]

It should not fail with signature mismatch as I made sure to use my certificate from the initial release but I think this might be due to corrupted or failed downloads...

Also the in-app updater can download the APK file directly and then only you need to click on the notification to update and unfortunately we can not update apps without closing them...

Also in case you wanted to re-install, try to use the data export and import options under developer options.

[baciu30]

Closing the app for the update is perfectly fine, you can't get around that. Regardless of my personal signatures issue, auto-updates would also save time and make the app look more polished. All good though, this isn't a dealbreaker with how powerful Essentials is 👍

[sameerasw]

Closing the app for the update is perfectly fine, you can't get around that. Regardless of my personal signatures issue, auto-updates would also save time and make the app look more polished. All good though, this isn't a dealbreaker with how powerful Essentials is 👍

Ye.. will look into more improvements... Will still need the user input to click the install button when the app installer opens... Unless we implement shizuku but this part I failed already trying to implement for the app updater feature.