Termux:API is not yet available on Google Play

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This is a tracking issue to get notified when Termux:API will be available on Google Play again (work on that is being initiated now).

Some notes:

• To avoid Google Play trying to update away from the F-Droid installation, the versionCode will be kept below 51, which is the current version code on F-Droid (termux/termux-api@e315b53).
  • The latest Google Play release had version code 44, so there is some headroom before the Termux:API version code needs to be updated on F-Droid to not clash (related: see here).
• To decrease confusion regarding the current split (before merging code bases), the visible versionName will be like googleplay.2024-07-07, to make it more clear that it's not comparable to the F-Droid version name.
• Some API methods will not available, either due to updated targetSdkVersion, or due to Google Play not accepting permissions to be used. Exactly which ones will be clear after a review process, and will be documented, as well as returning a clear API error message.
  • Example: Toggling wifi through termux-wifi-enable is not possible due to updated targetSdk (see here), so calling termux-wifi-enable will return an error such as { "API_ERROR": "Enabling/disabling WIFI is not possible in the Google Play build - install Termux from F-Droid for that" }.