Client 0.97 Released

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.97 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a maintenance release, with the following changes from 0.96.1

  • Add option to prompt for unstable updates globally
  • Add support for free Certificate Authorities: cert.startcom.org and letsencrypt.org
  • Rework the privileged installer to use an extension as a privileged app instead of F-Droid itself
  • Add a new night theme
  • Fix crash when trying to install incompatible apps with the privileged installer
  • Fix downloading from HTTP servers that did not send a Content-Length
  • Material design tweaks and fixes, including repo and app screens makeovers
  • Add StrictMode to debug builds
  • Make the GitLab CI run the tests in an emulator
  • Use gradle-witness to ensure the reproducibility of the build with libraries pulled from maven repositories
  • Switched to Weblate for translations
  • Translation updates

As usual, if you have problems or feature requests, please let us know via the issue tracker, join us in the Forum or visit #fdroid on FreeNode.