Why do some apps need to be installed using root, and others do not?
Why do some apps need to be installed using root, and others do not?
Basically, the title. I've used revanced to patch YouTube and Reddit's app. YouTube only seems to work if I install as root. Reddit's app only seems to work if I don't use root. Wondering why that is.
YouTube works without root. It's just an issue with the proprietary split APK format Google introduced. You have to download the APK manually from a site like apkmirror.
Google creators of the still too open android os.
Edit: The information above is only paritally correct. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/152120286?pli=1 The issue is that when Google introduced split apks and bundles it did not provide a standard implemention in AOSP leading to fragmentation and proprietary formats by third parties. In the past AOSP could just install apks but these new split APK formats need separate apps to handle them if they are available.
11Google creators of the still too open android os.
2Interesting. It doesn't seem like that works for me.
I've been getting the universal apk from apk mirror since using revanced. If I use the non root method of install (after selecting the apk from storage) it just exits. But if I install the universal apk first, then use the root method to install after patching the installed apk, it works.
I probably just don't understand something correctly.
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