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App Lounge opens Google Play Store on app update

  • /e/ version: 2.1
  • Device model(s): Fairphone 3
  • Developer mode enabled: yes/no
  • Device rooted: yes/no
  • Trackers blocker enabled: yes/no

Summary

Certain apps will, on update within App Lounge, instead open their Google Play Store page and take over the update screen.

The problem

When updating certain apps in the App Lounge, they instead open their Google Play Store pages (within the App Lounge app) in a way that seems to completely take over the App Lounge update screen until the whole app is closed.

The app no longer appears in the updates list on reload, so the update seems to go through okay. The apps can still be opened and, if deleted, redownloaded from the App Lounge without issue (though I haven't tested app functionality).

So far, this has happened with:

  • Hinge Dating App: Match & Date (co.hinge.app)
  • Bumble Dating App: Meet & Date (com.bumble.app)

I don't know if the fact they are both dating apps is significant or a coincidence, but both are also only discoverable in the App Lounge by searching for their package names.

I have App Lounge installed (anonymous account) and F-Droid, but not Google Play.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download current-1 version of app in question
  2. Update through App Lounge

What is the current behavior?

Google Play Store opens, taking over App Lounge update page until app close.

What is the expected correct behavior?

Normal App Lounge update behaviour.

Technical informations

Related Issues

  • #7049 (closed) reports another App Lounge issue regarding the Bumble app.

Relevant logs (adb logcat)

TODO: Will record next time one of these apps requires an update

Relevant recordings

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Solutions

Workaround

Close App Lounge and reload.