Accrescent 0.27.0

Happy release day! This release is the most significant Accrescent release to date, marking our migration to a
new, stable app store API
; completely rewriting our core logic to resolve all known installer bugs; adding tons of new features; and overhauling our UI code to be more snappy, correct, and informative. Say goodbye to the bugs of the past and enjoy the refreshed app experience!
We encourage you to report any bugs you find in this release as they should be much easier to resolve moving forward.
Be sure to watch
our blog
for announcements soon about what's next for Accrescent!
Changed
Update signed repository metadata atomically (
fdadf8e
)
Make app downloader / installer continue reliably in the background even when Accrescent is closed
Switch to new
app store API
for fetching app information
Prevent attempting installation for apps incompatible with the device
Wait to attempt app installs until network connection is available
State "Installed" instead of "Updated" in app installation notifications
No longer wait for device to be idle to run app updates
Reduce required storage space for app installations
Localize download progress percentages
Install all language split APKs by default instead of only the user's first preference
Move download progress indicator to encircle the app icon
Improve UI performance by following Compose best practices
Migrate to OkHttp for APK downloads
Added
Add loading indicator for when app is installing
Add support for all remaining device compatibility specifiers when determining app compatibility, including but not limited to:
Minimum and maximum supported Android version
Required device features
Minimum OpenGL ES version
Add "Unarchive" button for archived apps
Add support for installing install-time asset modules / asset packs
Add support for installing install-time feature modules
Display specific error details when loading app listings fails
Display specific error details when installing an app fails
Add support for fetching app listings in preferred language (if available)
Add separate notification channels for the following events:
Installation failure
Installation success
Update failure
Update success
Download in progress
Add support for properly responding to unarchive requests from third-party apps for Accrescent-installed apps
Report app installation progress to the operating ystem
Add Georgian translation (
@zzaba
)
Add Hungarian translation (Ghost of Sparta, summoner001)
Removed
Remove search feature (
9d71901
)
Remove custom transition animation specs (
ff15cc9
)
Remove unjustified periodic worker retries (
2499a29
)
Remove support for multiple app signers
Remove app ID from app details screen
Fixed
Fix all possible crashes and silent errors (that we know of) in the downloader / installer
Fix internal app name being displayed in update notifications instead of user-facing app label
Fix app details screen errors not always displaying when they should
Fix app buttons sometimes being pressable in illegal states (e.g., "Install" being pressable when installation is in progress)
Updated
Bump Activity Compose to 1.11.0 (
a6c8de4
)
Bump AGP to 8.13.0 (
d65f7f2
)
Bump bouncycastle to 1.82 (
be7501b
)
Bump Compose BOM to 2025.10.01 (
e1fcb33
)
Bump Dagger to 2.57.2 (
a192b06
)
Bump Gradle to 9.1.0 (
8b1dcd1
)
Bump Hilt to 1.3.0 (
dcb0d9e
)
Bump Kotlin to 2.2.20 (
f492214
)
Bump KSP to 2.3.0 (
20bf53c
)
Bump Lifecycle to 2.9.4 (
4f352a9
)
Bump Material to 1.13.0 (
f168710
)
Bump Navigation Compose to 2.9.5 (
8f5a149
)
Bump OkHttp to 5.2.1 (
5fa4b0d
)
Bump Room to 2.8.3 (
dbdb886
)
Bump Work to 2.11.0 (
8e3ce46
)
Update Arabic translation (jonnysemon)
Update Bengali translation (
@Sounak-Banerjee-source
)
Update Bulgarian translation (109247019824)
Update Chinese (Simplified Han script) translation (大王叫我来巡山)
Update Czech translation (
@Fjuro
)
Update Dutch translation (
@Stephan-P
)
Update Estonian translation (Priit Jõerüüt)
Update French translation (Tristan B)
Update Galician translation (josé m)
Update Italian translation (Random)
Update Korean translation (
@on9686
)
Update Lithuanian translation (
@rimas-kudelis
)
Update Spanish translation (Eraorahan)
Update Swedish ttranlation (P.O)
Update Ukrainian translation (
@maksim2005UKR
)
Update Vietnamese translation (
@fossicefairy
)
Issues closed
#210
#232
#254
#285
#322
#337
#425
#531
#617
#620
#642
#655
#660
#665
#670
#672
#675
#676
#734
accrescent/meta#29
accrescent/meta#49

Accrescent

A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.

Currently in early alpha.

Screenshots

Home Page

App Details

Settings Menu

Material You

About

Accrescent is a private and secure Android app store built with modern features in mind. It aims to provide a developer-friendly platform and pleasant user experience while enforcing modern security and privacy practices and offering robust validity guarantees for installed apps. It does this through the following features:

App signing key pinning

Signed repository metadata

Automatic, unprivileged, unattended updates (Android 12+)

First-class support for split APKs

No remote APK signing

Meaningful quality control for submitted apps

No account requirement for installing apps

...and more. See the

features page

on the website for details.

Accrescent currently runs on Android 10 and up.

Contributions are welcome! If you're interested in helping out, be sure to check out the

contributing guidelines

for tips on getting started.

Signing certificate hash

Accrescent's SHA-256 signing certificate hash is as follows:

067a40c4193aad51ac87f9ddfdebb15e24a1850babfa4821c28c5c25c3fdc071

Be sure to check it against the hashes on

our website

and

Twitter

to verify its legitimacy.

Translations

Accrescent has a project on

Hosted Weblate

if you would like to help translate.

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors for supporting us! Accrescent wouldn't be possible without you. Accrescent is sponsored by:

🥇 Astra

🥇 Isai Garcia

Trademark

The name "Accrescent" and the Accrescent logo are common law trademarks owned by the Accrescent project. All other parties are forbidden from using Accrescent's name and branding, as are derivatives of Accrescent. Derivatives include, but are not limited to forks and unofficial builds.