App Manager is now on F-Droid! Link: https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager
Visit App Manager docs here: https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager
v2.5.16 (364) pre-release:
• [Feature] Added a KeyStore tag for apps that has keystore items in the App Info tab. It has red colour if the phone has screen lock
• [Feature] Added an option to choose between Gzip (default) and BZip2 for backups (in settings)
• [Feature] Added an option to set presets for backup/restore options (in settings)
• [Feature] Added backup/restore support using OpenPGP client (such as OpenKeychain)
• [Feature] Added Portuguese language (and updates for other languages)
• [Feature] Added sort and filter for running apps
• [Feature] Allow backup/restore of app permissions (enabled by default)
• [Feature] Automatically select required/recommended apk files in the apk selection screen for apps with splits (for apk installer)
• [Feature] Clear existing data before restoring data backups
• [Feature] Improved navigation using a keyboard (incomplete)
• [Feature] Migrate to Androidx preference library
• [Feature] View SELinux context for running apps
• [Fix] Check for keystore only when data backup is requested
• [Fix] Fixed wrong memory usage in the running apps
• [Fix] Prevent installer from hanging indefinitely (actually for 5 hours) when installing a huge (x)apk(s) file
• [Fix] Prevent false-positive when checking for keystore items for an app
• [Fix] Removed old am.jar on app update
• [Fix] Set non-IFW rules based on current user ID
• [Fix] Store checksums in a different file (that can be encrypted) instead of meta.am.v1
• [Fix] Use apk-parser to parse manifest of installed apps
Backup/restore is more or less finalised now. But use it only for testing as the metadata version will be incremented to 2 in the final release.
v2.5.15 (362) pre-release:
• [Feature] Added a tag for running apps in the App Info tab
• [Feature] Added a tag for system apps installed/injected through Magisk in the App Info tab
• [Feature] Added Bengali and Norwegian Bokmål (incomplete)
• [Feature] Added reinstall and downgrade option in the App Info page
• [Feature] Added option to downgrade for root and ADB users
• [Feature] Added process state in the Running Apps page
• [Feature] Added support for OpenPGP clients (such as OpenKeychain). Configure in Settings page (incomplete)
• [Feature] Display a prompt to input backup name when multiple backups flag is enabled
• [Feature] Manifest files of external apps are now parsed using apk-parser library
• [Feature] Offer users to keep app data when uninstalling AM (android 10 or later only)
• [Feature] Preserve sort order for components, app ops and permissions tabs
• [Feature] Recommend ABI, locale and density in the split apk chooser dialog
• [Feature] Save logs file internally at /sdcard/Android/data/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager/files/cache/am.log>
• [Feature] Switch to libSu (SuperSu turned out to be backdated despite its revival of late)
• [Feature] For a single package, display a multiple choice list for deleting backups and a single choice list for restoring backups
• [Feature] Warn users when taking/deleting/restoring multiple backups
• [Fix] Add localization for "ok" and "cancel"
• [Fix] Canceling an update in the what's new finishes the activity
• [Fix] Changed various strings to increase readability
• [Fix] Display only the latest backup info in the main page
• [Fix] Fixed backup app listing
• [Fix] Fixed broken app ops action in 1-Click Ops page
• [Fix] Fixed crash in the App Info page if it's visited after uninstalling the app
• [Fix] Optimized install time for root users
• [Fix] Prevent the installer from failing if installation is triggered from the App Info page
• [Fix] Running services now has the highest priority (over blocking/disabling, etc.)
• [Fix] Rename toybox.so to libtoybox.so
• [Fix] Use FileDescriptor when available to decrease install time
Data backup feature is still considered experimental and please do not rely on it to manage your backups yet. If you encounter any problem, please report to me without hesitation.
v2.5.14 (359) pre-release:
• [Feature] Added a custom language chooser
• [Feature] Added a flag to backup only apk file instead of the whole source directory
• [Feature] Added a flag to backup app data for all users
• [Feature] Added a flag to take multiple backups
• [Feature] Added enable option in batch ops
• [Feature] Added fast scroll for Main page and App Details page
• [Feature] Added flags to take obb/media backups
• [Feature] Added notification progressbar for backups
• [Feature] Added Russian (ru) and Chinese (zh) translations (the latter is unverified)
• [Feature] Added swipe to refresh in the running apps page
• [Feature] Added the ability to select split apk files before installation
• [Feature] Added toybox within App Manager (doesn't work for ADB users)
• [Feature] Display notification after apk/apks/xapk install is complete
• [Feature] Install apk using a foreground service instead of in the main thread
• [Feature] Install xapk with obb files (old obb files will be deleted)
• [Feature] Open newly installed app from the confirmation notification
• [Fix] Added install support for non-root users (which was broken in 348)
• [Fix] Apply correct UID/GUID and permissions after restoring a backup
• [Fix] Automatically fail backup for apps that use Android KeyStore
• [Fix] Clear all extracted apk files after installation is finished
• [Fix] Disabled permission toggle for apps that has a target SDK version less than 23 (because they don't work)
• [Fix] Fixed apk files not correctly copied to the package installer
• [Fix] Fixed apk sharing via Bluetooth
• [Fix] Fixed detecting splits if their manifests don't have configForSplit
• [Fix] Fixed parsing data usage for old devices which resulted in crash
• [Fix] Fixed resetting app ops by resetting their parents instead of themselves
• [Fix] Fixed rules being applied or removed incorrectly
• [Fix] Fixed some apk files not parsed properly and resulted in crash
• [Fix] Improved adb/root detection
• [Fix] Install/disable/force-stop for current users only
• [Fix] Load backup metadata using root instead of using storage access permission
• [Fix] Perform 1-click ops in the same way batch operations are performed
• [Fix] Performance optimization for main page
• [Fix] Removed Shared Libs from What's New as it wasn't working properly
• [Fix] Removed sort by app size in favour of sdk in old devices
• [Fix] Replace action buttons with popup menu in running apps page
• [Fix] Update app info properly after a batch operation
• [Fix] Workaround for various deprecated libraries
Due to some major changes, backup functionality has become incompatible with the previous versions. Data backup feature is still considered experimental and please do not rely on it to manage your backups yet.
Compatibility for blocking rules is removed for v2.5.6. If you're still using this version, update to v2.5.13, enable global component blocking (and disable it again) and then update to v2.5.14.
v2.5.13 (348):
• [Feature] Split apk install support (apks and xapk)
• [Feature] Added an option to install apk (with apks and xapk) directly from FM or Browser
• [Feature] Added a new option to remove all blocking rules in settings page
• [Feature] AppOpsX-like implementation for generating app ops as well as executing shell commands for ADB users. This is the "free" alternative of Shizuku.
• [Feature] Added an option to filter apps with activities in the main page
• [Feature] Added an option to display only the active app ops in the App Ops tab. This option is saved in the preferences
• [Feature] Save apk files as "app name_version.extension"
• [Feature] Added a foreground service to run batch operations, result is displayed in the notifications
• [Feature] Batch operations: Replaced kill with force-stop
• [Feature] Batch operations: Added try again button for failed packages
• [Feature] Added German and Portuguese (Brazilian) translations
• [Fix] Fixed broken ADB support
• [Fix] Install app only for the current user at the time of restoring backups
Data backup feature is still considered experimental and please do not rely on it to manage your backups yet.
Visit https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/changelog.html for a more helpful changelog.
v2.5.12 (341):
• [Feature] Added support for splitting data backups into 1GB files to circumvent the limitation of FAT32 file system
• [Feature] Added the ability to unblock trackers
• [Feature] Added an option to skip signature checks while restoring backups
• [Feature] Termux support: run-as for debuggable app or run new session as app (in the App Info tab)
• [Feature] Display backup app info in the main page
• [Feature] Restoring source files (except apk files) disabled on unsupported architecture
• [Feature] Display confirmation dialog before clearing app data
• [Feature] Ability to import components disabled using IFW on MAT
• [Feature] Include external media and obb directory for backups
• [Feature] Allow importing existing rules by other apps or tools
• [Feature] Added an option to extract app icon (in App Info tab)
• [Fix] Display restore and delete backups only for apps with backup
• [Fix] Display progress indicator while taking backups
• [Fix] Display progress indicator while loading app ops
• [Fix] Fixed app not opening in the latest and the only supported Aurora Droid (v1.0.6)
• [Fix] Fixed crash on night mode change while browsing App Details page
• [Fix] Fixed crash when trying to open external apk file
• [Fix] Fixed NullPointerException when an external data directory is null
• [Fix] Fixed toolbar in full screen dialog
• [Fix] Fixed case insensitive searching
• [Fix] Optimized app theme
• [Fix] Replaced AndroidShell with LibSuperuser
• [Fix] Request external storage permission when saving apk files
• [Fix] Workaround for AppBarLayout bug in Material Design
• [Fix] Update external apk info on install/uninstall events
To use Termux features, make sure you are using Termux v0.96 or later and allow-external-apps=true is added in ~/.termux/termux.properties.
Data backup feature is still considered experimental and please do not rely on it to manage your backups yet.
Note: Backup data are stored at /sdcard/AppManager and apk backups are stored at /sdcard/AppManager/apks. Data backups are currently not working on Android Lollipop.