Be able to download APK without actually installing it (notably for incompatible apps)
I looked at first page results of DuckDuckGo and Google for `aurora store download without installing` but have not found interesting results.
`googleplaydownloader` could be a workaround if I remember correctly.
Maybe [ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader). With the correct credentials for a not 2FA Google account with an unknown source Android id on https://www.google.com/android/uncertified in `credentials.json` get:
```bash
pipenv run python3 -m playstoredownloader.cli com.carrefour.fid.android
```
<details>
<summary>Output:</summary>
```
23/03/2024 19:49:00> [WARNING][playstoredownloader.playstore.util][wrapped()] Login failed, please check your credentials (retrying in 1s)
23/03/2024 19:49:01> [WARNING][playstoredownloader.playstore.util][wrapped()] Login failed, please check your credentials (retrying in 2s)
```
</details>
Investigating [forks](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/forks):
- [fernandocollova](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/compare/master...fernandocollova:PlaystoreDownloader:master) while having content does not seem interesting
- [Alzomaili](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/compare/master...Alzomaili:PlaystoreDownloader:master) potentially leaked credentials do not seem to work
- [Junus](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/compare/master...Junus:PlaystoreDownloader:master) seems only about web interface modifications
- [david-lev](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/compare/master...david-lev:PlaystoreDownloader:master)
[ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/blob/master/playstoredownloader/playstore/playstore.py#L40](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/blob/master/playstoredownloader/playstore/playstore.py#L40)
[ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/blob/0567dfef9342ce47fa08e772c7c24d87f535d8d6/playstoredownloader/playstore/playstore.py#L40-L47](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader/blob/0567dfef9342ce47fa08e772c7c24d87f535d8d6/playstoredownloader/playstore/playstore.py#L40-L47)
https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/blog/needs-browser-login-workaround/
```bash
pipenv run python download.py com.carrefour.fid.android
```
<details>
<summary>Output:</summary>
```
23/03/2024 23:26:12> [ERROR][playstore.playstore.Playstore][app_details()] Error for app 'com.carrefour.fid.android': Error retrieving information from server. DF-DFERH-01
23/03/2024 23:26:12> [CRITICAL][__main__][main()] Error when downloading 'com.carrefour.fid.android': unable to get app's details
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Thought about decompiling, removing the problematic <code>if</code>, recompiling and executing but the recompilation seems a difficult step as jd-gui does not perfectly decompile and there are some programming errors and if I do not consider them and run anyway I get:</summary>
```
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
Syntax error on token ".", * expected after this token
The import java.util.Date collides with another import statement
Syntax error on token ".", delete this token
Preconditions cannot be resolved or is not a field
Syntax error on token ".", delete this token
Preconditions cannot be resolved or is not a field
Type mismatch: cannot convert from DefaultDateTypeAdapter to TypeAdapter<Timestamp>
Type mismatch: cannot convert from DefaultDateTypeAdapter to TypeAdapter<Timestamp>
at RaccoonFree/com.google.gson.GsonBuilder.<init>(GsonBuilder.java:3)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.mockup.MockUtil.decodePawn(MockUtil.java:252)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.dummydroid.PlayProfileDao.loadPawn(PlayProfileDao.java:21)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.dummydroid.Launcher.loadPawn(Launcher.java:335)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.app.config.Profile.loadPawn(Profile.java:69)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.app.config.Profile.getLabel(Profile.java:52)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.app.mocking.StudioController.createPrimaryWindow(StudioController.java:212)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.duck.ui.PrimaryWindowController.createWindow(PrimaryWindowController.java:93)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.duck.ui.WindowController.getWindow(WindowController.java:71)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.raccoon.app.mocking.StudioActivity.runInForeground(StudioActivity.java:23)
at RaccoonFree/de.onyxbits.duck.ui.AbstractActivity.run(AbstractActivity.java:77)
at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:318)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:773)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:720)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:714)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:742)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)
```
</details>
One purpose is to make [the initial app to download APKs](https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/apk-downloader/) work, another would be to have this `PlaystoreDownloader` fork work.
Should investigate the actually open-source https://github.com/onyxbits/dummydroid. Note that this repository does not contain any mention about above error message about the premium condition. Well without surprise got:
[There is no particularly interesting issue](https://github.com/onyxbits/dummydroid/issues).
Note that the link I am quite fine with using above method (`Test App` then `Uplink` > `Download App`) looks like: https://play.googleapis.com/download/by-token/download?token=CENSORED&cpn=CENSORED
```bash
aapt dump badging com.carrefour.fid.android.apk
```
```
package: name='com.carrefour.fid.android' versionCode='1804' versionName='19.1.0' compileSdkVersion='34' compileSdkVersionCodename='14'
```
seems correct but a bit weird that the `versionName` is greater than [the claimed Play Store one that is 19.0.0](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.carrefour.fid.android).
Related to [Benjamin_Loison/PlaystoreDownloader/issues/1](https://gitea.lemnoslife.com/Benjamin_Loison/PlaystoreDownloader/issues/1).
Got the following Aurora Store device configuration after libhoudini install (note that I was already logged in so it potentially have not changed anything):
[aurora_store_waydroid_waydroid_x86_64.properties.asc](/uploads/450e1fc2c032acdc9968476759d8bf6a/aurora_store_waydroid_waydroid_x86_64.properties.asc)
With before libhoudini install:
```bash
diff aurora_store_waydroid_waydroid_x86_64_{after,before}_libhoudini.properties
```
<details>
<summary>Output:</summary>
```diff
2c2
< #Sun Mar 24 13:30:22 GMT 2024
---
> #Sun Mar 24 13:34:53 GMT 2024
11c11
< Platforms=x86_64,x86,arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,armeabi
---
> Platforms=x86_64,x86
```
</details>
Does DummyDroid even accept above format? It does not even accept a format, being able to interact with Waydroid thanks to `Edit` > `Probe device via USB` or make a format converter as can paste a configuration, I guess with DummyDroid format, would be nice. As the proposed Samsung device proposed has the same SDK version as Waydroid it is quite fine.
To help DummyDroid get an appropriate APK download link.
Note that no matter if specify:
- the Samsung device
- the `Username`
- the `Password`
- `Edit` > - `OAuth2 Token`
- `GSF ID`
<details>
<summary><code>Uplink</code> > <code>Download App</code> leads to:</summary>
```
Download...
# Failure
HTTP 401 - Unauthorized
Error retrieving information from server. DF-DFERH-01
```
</details>
Following https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/blog/needs-browser-login-workaround/#logging-in-an-existing-raccoon-profile does not solve the issue, as is, as the software does not allow following steps without `Username` and `Password` provided, but the https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/blog/needs-browser-login-workaround/#creating-a-new-raccoon-profile approach works.
<details>
<summary>While it works for the Raccoon test and Carrefour apps, for <code>fr.gouv.franceidentite</code> I get:</summary>
```
Download...
# Failure
class org.apache.hc.client5.http.ClientProtocolException
Delivery failed, status: 2
```
</details>
To investigate:
- [stirnim/PlaystoreDownloader](https://github.com/stirnim/PlaystoreDownloader)
- [2MRaza/PlaystoreDownloader](https://github.com/2MRaza/PlaystoreDownloader)
- [sweisgerber-dev/PlaystoreDownloader](https://github.com/sweisgerber-dev/PlaystoreDownloader)
https://github.com/matlink/gplaycli:
```bash
sudo apt install -y gplaycli
PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=python gplaycli -d com.linguee.linguee
```
<details>
<summary>Output:</summary>
```
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/benjamin/.cache/gplaycli/token'
[ERROR] Cannot retrieve email address from token dispenser
```
</details>
Note that if have a not open-source method giving Play Store URLs it could temporarily do the job, as I can verify that it is the latest release without being authenticated from any device.
<details>
<summary>According to my LineageOS Fairphone 4 Aurora Store (<a href="https://github.com/Benjamin-Loison/YouTube-operational-API/blob/ca4b3b79e747c7c7b9c3f999e56c87b5e11589e5/tools/minimizeCURL.py">minimized</a>):</summary>
https://play.googleapis.com/download/by-token/download?token=AOTCm0Txa26VqeB56bHbMXg9-QaUDEVa0LJeZ4IRcG3u4_I03p9tVtN-Qf2BNxxJaa85tJcDDMrgTqVX7hkHLg3pYBN0dfoC153bqVVQNCd8Oxf4nhFA29oEc4gn1gB9ldKfL3jeXitPGXvNluZwaFMJlVwx_gVSX0tjNWxRdxIO_ML-GVjU2AvoO3L6XS4T-WGLXXgq1By9PyIHwgWj9nwaaQo70In2I9stn8mQ5IF08f0AQyknUxy5o15kLMYjWJZ0RodTToFkaINAZwZTJvlqYLZ6YJrsBphj4-tlYuT-Bg4MGlSwK4_7bBrox1cUV6o-q8rcj-XXs2TknQ7_ilC0EPnaAqMQ7iNdwj506CupwBKa4nJex_j36HB-2Lhny7OVmRGewgV95mPuN61ke0lDhArds6WBFNJ9F1qEKUdEsw
</details>
<details>
<summary>redirects to (seems minimized but unsure):</summary>
https://rr1---sn-25ge7nsd.gvt1.com/play-apps-download-default/download/by-id/AF3DWBfkGpzLDiMDFxTo4XhicYUCStAldu_bYSMV_CIXaT0cwr7jm72XiYgsCcSTZEthuZzijCkhkt4gZnq29wKcQ1sCoJjEHfHlNr37DIAbPibyJah0shsfxwh2r5o1NP45N--vkpYEbiy1gsJbVxN26hi8G4S82A?ctier=L&xpc=EgVo5bjzNQ%3D%3D&initcwndbps=1476250&mh=T5&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-25ge7nsd%2Csn-4g5e6ns6&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=44&expire=1711394191&ip=CENSORED&ipbits=0&sparams=expire%2Cipbits%2Cip%2Cq%3A%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cctier%2Cxpc&signature=24D4DA5E102288AD946696E2A4C2823A55F78910.ABB8515B45A9AF8662B2320FE71D5D4A81E82796&key=am3
</details>
- [apkmirror.com does not even find](https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=fr.gouv.franceidentite) [`fr.gouv.franceidentite`](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.gouv.franceidentite).
- [apkpure.com](https://apkpure.com) seems to use its own servers and they do not seem to provide a meethod to verify their `.xapk`. Note that I opened as a zip such a file and except if can verify from the APK themselves, then cannot verify. [Maybe it is doable](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/147985).
- [apkcombo.com](https://apkcombo.com) seems to use its own servers
- [androidappsapk.co/apkdownloader](https://androidappsapk.co/apkdownloader) does not seem to work
- [apkpure.co/apk-downloader](https://apkpure.co/apk-downloader/) uses its own server
- [apk-dl.com](https://apk-dl.com) results in an error
- [aptoide.com does not find `com.carrefour.fid.android`](https://en.aptoide.com/search?query=com.carrefour.fid.android&type=apps)
I considered:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/oazpig/how_do_i_download_just_the_apk_from_google_play/
Related to #4 and #5.
+4
issue