What's Changed

Update ru.json by @solokot in #3314

Translation: Update hu.json by @summoner001 in #3315

Restore track-only pseudo-version controls on the app page by @ImranR98 in #3316

Translation: Update hu.json by @summoner001 in #3317

Update ja.json by @bluefly000 in #3318

Update zh.json translations by @Jursin in #3319

docs: Initial documentation for Contributing policies and procedures by @master-bob in #3216

Plus all changes from v1.6.16 which was marked as pre-release.

Obtainium

Get Android app updates straight from the source.

Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

More info:

Obtainium Wiki (repository)
Deep Links - link straight to an import, or add a badge to your own project
Obtainium 101 - Tutorial video
"Verified Apps" - App verification tool (recommended, integrates with Obtainium)
apps.obtainium.imranr.dev - Crowdsourced app configurations (repository)
Side Of Burritos - You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed - Original motivation for this app
Website (repository)

Currently supported App sources:

Open Source - General:
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Forgejo (Codeberg)
- F-Droid
- Third Party F-Droid Repos
- IzzyOnDroid
- SourceHut
Other - General:
- APKPure
- Aptoide
- Uptodown
- itch.io
- Huawei AppGallery
- Tencent App Store
- vivo App Store (CN)
- RuStore
- Farsroid
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- LiteAPKs
- APK4Free
- CoolApk
- SourceForge
- Jenkins Jobs
- APKMirror (Track-Only)
- APKCombo
- RockMods (Track-Only)
Other - App-Specific:
- Telegram App
- Neutron Code
Direct APK Link
"HTML" (Fallback): Any other URL that returns an HTML page with links to APK files

Finding App Configurations

You can find crowdsourced app configurations at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev.

If you can't find the configuration for an app you want, feel free to leave a request on the issues page.

Or, contribute some configurations to the website by creating a PR at this repo.

Verification info:

Package ID: dev.imranr.obtainium
SHA-256 hash of signing certificate:
```
B3:53:60:1F:6A:1D:5F:D6:60:3A:E2:F5:0B:E8:0C:F3:01:36:7B:86:B6:AB:8B:1F:66:24:3D:A9:6C:D5:73:62 
```
- Note: The above signature is also valid for the F-Droid flavour of Obtainium, thanks to reproducible builds.
PGP Public Key (to verify APK hashes)

Please see the pertinent documentation, on contributing and the developer guide (architecture description).

For some sources, data is gathered using Web scraping and can easily break due to changes in website design. In such cases, more reliable methods may be unavailable.