bug: RVX Manager - apps list is empty (unless source is original revanced repos)

[kulmegil]

Type

Other

Tools used

ReVanced Manager

Application

RvX Manager v1.9.5

Bug description

No apps appear on apps list selection in Patcher section.
This forces user to select .apk from storage, preventing use of root installation when patching is finished

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch RvX Manager
2. Click "Select an application" in Patcher tab

Relevant log output

-

Screenshots or videos

Solution

[troublesome workaround]

1. temporary switching repos to revanced (don't restart manager app)
2. select app from the list
3. reset repos back to intotia00
4. continue patching
5. select root install

Additional context

API url is set to api.revanced.app/

There is a similar bug opened at Revanced Manager. I'm not sure if it will reach proper conclusion since it "works right" when original revanced repos are selected.

Device Environment

OnePlus 8T Android 11 (not releavant it)

Acknowledgements

• I have searched the existing issues and this is a new and no duplicate or related to another open issue.
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• This issue does not reproduce on unpatched YouTube or YT Music.

[inotia00]

Since my patch only supports three apps, there is no need to load a list of all the apps it supports.

The documentation also recommends importing the APK from local storage.

So I have no plans to fix

[KobeW50]

Since my patch only supports three apps, there is no need to load a list of all the apps it supports.

The documentation also recommends importing the APK from local storage.

What about root installs?

[inotia00]

Even in a ROOT environment, you just need to locally get the APK of the same version as the app installed on your device.

Because this screen is still displayed
(current version, suggested version)

Selecting an app from the list of installed apps takes slightly longer to patch, so I recommend pulling the APK locally

[KobeW50]

Even in a ROOT environment, you just need to locally get the APK of the same version as the app installed on your device.

Im not sure I understand what you mean when you say "locally"

Are you saying that as long as the installed app on your device is the same version as the one selected from storage you will be able to do a root install?

So if you want to do a root install of YTM 6.17.52, you would install the YTM 6.17.52 apk, then open the manager and select a 6.17.52 apk from storage and then patch. And then when patching is complete the root install option will work

Because this screen is still displayed
(current version, suggested version)

But the current version (on that screen) is the version that is selected, whether it was selected from the apps list or from storage.

[inotia00]

This means pressing the ‘Storage’ button to select the APK downloaded from APKMirror.

If the user selects an incorrect version of the APK, this will appear:

(Current version and Suggested version do not match)

This is what my documentation says:

After downloading the APK from APKMirror, 'install it on the device'

and then, select the APK by pressing the Storage button

[kulmegil]

I had already tried it in the past and it never worked. It doesn't work now with latest versions either...

0. Unpatched previous installation
1. Downloaded YT apk (18.34.40) from APKmirror
2. Installed it "on the device" (using standard android package manager)
3. Selected the very same apk using "Storage" button on Patcher page
4. Patch finished successful
5. Selected root installation type.... got error

• Screenshot_20230907-010514
• Screenshot_20230907-005643
• Screenshot_20230907-005758

[inotia00]

I had already tried it in the past and it never worked. It doesn't work now with latest versions either...

0. Unpatched previous installation
1. Downloaded YT apk (18.34.40) from APKmirror
2. Installed it "on the device" (using standard android package manager)
3. Selected the very same apk using "Storage" button on Patcher page
4. Patch finished successful
5. Selected root installation type.... got error

• Screenshot_20230907-010514
• Screenshot_20230907-005643
• Screenshot_20230907-005758

exclude MicroG support patch

[kulmegil]

I always excluded it for root installation. It was excluded in the screenshots above.

But it does nothing since the problem is RvX Manager refuses to install it as root at the end of patching.

edit: in fact the when "MicroG support" patch is excluded Manager will refuse to install it as non root AND as root both at the same time

• Screenshot_20230907-113032
• Screenshot_20230907-113200

[Neocray]

Same issue here. Patched APK also refuses to install as root.

[inotia00]

I am not using RVX Manager as my main tool, and I am not good at handling flutter, so when I first released RVX Manager, I declared that I would not fix any issues that users encounter.
(Because there are many other tools to build RVX besides RVX Manager)

But @oop7, thanks to you for providing very specific steps to reproduce the error, I was able to fix this issue. #1357 (comment)

Fixed in RVX Manager v1.9.7

[KobeW50]

@inotia00, do you plan on changing step 5 in the RVX Manager doc that rooted installers should pick the YT application instead of from storage?

[kulmegil]

Has selecting from storage ever worked with root installation?
I tried a few times already with different versions and it never did for me, despite following those readme's and guides to the letter. Am I autistic and missed some very obvious step along the way?

That being said I can confirm 1.9.7 is working as expected for me. Thank You for fixing this.

[inotia00]

@inotia00, do you plan on changing step 5 in the RVX Manager doc that rooted installers should pick the YT application instead of from storage?

Wiki needs to be updated