wxxsfxyzm / InstallerX-Revived

InstallerX Revived (Community Edition) **English** | 简体中文 | Español | 日本語 | Deutsch • This is a community-maintained fork after the original project was archived by the author • Provides limited open-source updates and support • Strictly follows GNU GPLv3 - all modifications are open source • We welcome community contributions! Introduction > A modern and functional Android app installer. (You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.) Looking for a better app installer? Try **InstallerX**! Many customized Chinese ROMs come with subpar default installers. You can replace them with **InstallerX Revived**. Compared to stock installers, **InstallerX Revived** offers more installation features: • Rich installation types: APK, APKS, APKM, XAPK, APKs inside ZIP, and batch APKs. • Dialog-based installation • Notification-based installation (Live Activity API supported) • Automatic installation • Installer declaration • Setting install flags (can inherit Profile settings) • Install for specific user / all users • Dex2oat after successful installation • Block the installation of specific app's packageName or by sharedUID • Auto-delete APK after installation • No shell commands, native API calls only Supported Versions • **Full support:** Android SDK 34 - 36.1 (Android 14 - 16) • **Limited support:** Android SDK 26 - 33 (Android 8.0 - 13) (please report issues) Key Changes and Features • **UI Options:** Switchable between a new UI design based on Material 3 Expressive and Miuix which is like HyperOS. • **More Customization:** More customizable interface settings. • **Bug fixes:** Resolved APK deletion issues from the original project on certain systems. • **Performance:** Optimized parsing speed, improved parsing of various package types. • **Multilingual support:** More languages supported. Contributions for more languages are welcome! • **Dialog optimization:** Improved installation dialog display. • **System Icons:** Support for displaying system icon packs during installation. Allows switching between APK icons and system icon packs through a toggle. • **Version Comparison:** Support for displaying version number comparison in single-line or multi-line format. • **SDK Information:** Installation dialogs show targetSDK and minSDK in single-line or multi-line format. • **Session Install Confirmation**: With the help of InxLocker, confirming installations from store apps (Aurora Store, F-Droid, etc.) is now supported. • **Bypass Interceptions:** Shizuku/Root can bypass custom OS chain-start restrictions when opening an App after installation. • Currently only works for dialog installation. • Dhizuku lacks sufficient permissions, so a customizable countdown option was added to reserve time for the app opening action. • **Extended Menu:** For dialog installation (can be enabled in settings): • Displays permissions requested by the application. • InstallFlags configuration (can inherit global Profile settings). • **Important:** Setting InstallFlags **does not guarantee** they will always work. Some options might pose security risks, depending on the system. • **Preset Sources:** Support for pre-configuring installation source package names in settings, allowing quick selection in profiles and the dialog installation menu. • **Install from ZIP:** Support for installing APK files inside ZIP archives (dialog installation only). • Supports unlimited quantity and multiple ZIP files. • Supports APK files in nested directories within the ZIP, **not limited to the root directory**. • Supports automatic handling of multiple versions of the same package: • Deduplication • Smart selection of the best package to install. • **Batch Installation:** Support for installing multiple APKs at once (multi-select and share to InstallerX). • Dialog installation only. • No quantity limit. • APK files only. • Supports automatic handling of multiple versions of the same package (deduplication and smart selection). • **APKS/APKM/XAPK Files:** Support for automatic selection of the best split. • Supports both notification and dialog installation. • Clicking "Install" in the notification selects the best option and proceeds with installation. • In the dialog, the best option is selected by default, but can be chosen manually. • The split selection interface shows user-friendly descriptions. • **Architecture Support:** Allows installing armeabi-v7a packages on arm64-v8a only systems (actual functionality depends on the system providing runtime translation). • **Downgrade with or without Data:** Support for performing app downgrades with or without data preservation on some OEM Android 15 systems. • This feature only supports Android 15. On Android 14 or below, try the option in the install options. • The feature is available in the smart suggestions of the dialog installation. To use it, first enable the option. • **Use this feature with extreme caution on system apps!** Loss of data from a system app could render the device unusable. • Not compatible with OneUI 7.0, RealmeUI, and some ColorOS versions (AOSP has fixed). If you only see the downgrade option *without* data preservation, it means your system does not support downgrade *with* data. • **Blacklist:** Support for configuring a list of banned package names for installation in the settings. • Support blacklist by packageName / sharedUID with exemptions • in smart suggestions • **DexOpt:** After successful installation, the app can automatically perform dex2oat on the installed applications according to the configured Profile settings. • Does not support Dhizuku • **Signature Verification：** Verify the signature of the installed app and apk to install, and give a warning if they do not match. • **Select Target User:** Support installing apps to a specific user. • Dynamically obtain current user details. • Does not support Dhizuku • Can be overridden by install option • **Declare as Uninstaller:** Accept Uninstall intent on cer…