Button to open an app in the app store

[Wjxfi]

pname+

it allows you to open an application by package name through any app store (f-droid, play market, droid-ify, aurora store, etc.).

https://github.com/bndeff/pname

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.pname

just use his code

[d4rken]

How do we ensure that the app we are linking to is legitimate?

Let's say "some.app.pkg.name" is not on Google Play, now we check that there is an app with that packagename on on another App Store, someone could have squatted that name and the APK is at best something else and at worst malicious 🤔

Installing would only be possible if the signatures match hm 🤔 is that enough?

[Wjxfi]

How do we ensure that the app we are linking to is legitimate?

Let's say "some.app.pkg.name" is not on Google Play, now we check that there is an app with that packagename on on another App Store, someone could have squatted that name and the APK is at best something else and at worst malicious 🤔

Installing would only be possible if the signatures match hm 🤔 is that enough?

it's impossible to forge package names in the app stores, don't worry.

[Wjxfi]

You don't know how it works, and I've checked how it works, so don't tell me it can be tampered with.

it will open the one you want, but if you select a different app store than the one you downloaded the app from, it won't find it

[d4rken]

it's impossible to forge package names in the app stores, don't worry.

It definitely is possible. Package names are not globally unique. They are unique per app store. Though it's likely not as critical as I thought and we could just use the market:// prefix as fallback for app store packages:

permission-pilot/app/src/main/java/eu/darken/myperm/apps/core/features/AppStore.kt

Lines 5 to 9 in 441ad92

	interface AppStore : Pkg {
	val urlGenerator: ((Pkg.Id) -> String)?
	get() = null
	}

On a side note, I suggest you change your tone to be a bit more friendly.