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Update Notification Logic

Trigger sources

Source When it fires Status
ConnectivityReceiver (dynamic, registered from main.py) App process alive + WiFi/data connects Instant check
UpdateCheckWorker (WorkManager) Every 7 days, only when network available Survives app kills

Both run entirely in Java — no Python needed for the check/notify.

Core logic (shared by both, identical flow)

  1. Cooldown gateSharedPreferences("update_checker_prefs", 0)last_notified_timestamp. If < 7 days since last notify, skip.
  2. HTTP GET https://api.github.com/.../releases/latest (10s timeout).
  3. Version compare — GitHub tag_name vs installed PackageInfo.versionName. Equal → skip.
  4. NotifyNotificationCompat on channel update_channel, id 999. Tap → PendingIntent launches the app with extras action=open_update, version=X.
  5. Save timestamplast_notified_timestamp = now (starts the 7-day clock).

Python side (only handles the tap)

  • main.py _bind_update_intent_listeneron_new_intent fires when notification tapped while app is alive → handle_update_intent(self, intent=intent)
  • update_checker.py handle_update_intent — reads action extra; if open_update, navigates to the update screen via _navigate_to_update_screen
  • If app was killed, the tap's intent is picked up by getIntent() in on_start/on_resume instead

Scheduling (Python, once per launch)

update_checker.py schedule_update_checkWorkManager.enqueueUniquePeriodicWork(WORK_TAG, KEEP, ...) every 7 days with NetworkType.CONNECTED constraint. KEEP prevents duplicates across re-launches.

Test hooks (temp)

  • VERSION temporarily "1.0.8" so GitHub's 1.0.9.1 is detected as newer (needs revert)
  • Config Clear in the Stats screen resets update_checker_prefs so you can re-trigger immediately

Key limitation

The ConnectivityReceiver check itself (the HTTP/notify part) only runs while the app's process is alive due to dynamic registration — but the WorkManager worker covers the killed-app case at 7 days granularity, which is WorkManager's floor.


Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added automatic Android update checks on startup, connectivity changes, and a recurring schedule.
    • Users receive notifications when newer app versions are available, with a seven-day notification cooldown.
    • Update notifications can open the in-app update screen directly and display release notes.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Android update data is included in storage statistics and cleared when configuration data is reset.
    • Improved messaging for connection failures, timeouts, and other update-check errors.
  • Documentation

    • Updated Android development and release instructions, including required signing tools.

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The Android app checks GitHub releases through connectivity broadcasts and periodic WorkManager tasks. It posts update notifications with launch intents, handles those intents during the activity lifecycle, and navigates to the APK download screen. Android configuration, release instructions, and update-preference storage handling were updated.

Android update flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Android runtime setup
buildozer.spec, app_src/android/p4a/hook.py, app_src/android/DEV.md
Android network permissions and the WorkManager dependency were added. ConnectivityReceiver was added to the manifest. Android release and adb instructions were updated.
Centralized update checking
app_src/android/src/UpdateNotifier.java
UpdateNotifier performs cooldown and network checks, retrieves GitHub release data and notes, compares versions, and posts update notifications.
Update check entry points
app_src/android/src/ConnectivityReceiver.java, app_src/android/src/WorkScheduler.java, app_src/android/src/UpdateCheckWorker.java
Connectivity broadcasts and periodic WorkManager tasks delegate update checks to UpdateNotifier. The worker retains retry behavior.
Update intent integration
app_src/main.py, app_src/utils/update_checker.py, app_src/ui/screens/download_apk_screen.py
The activity registers connectivity monitoring, schedules checks, processes update intents during startup and resume, and navigates to the APK download screen. Download checks report connection failures separately and cancel pending checks when update details are shown.
Update preference storage integration
app_src/ui/screens/stats_screen.py
StatsScreen includes update-check preferences in configuration storage totals and clears them during configuration reset. It also uses named storage widgets.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 85580

The new update flow can falsely offer older releases, fail to recognize completed downloads, waste network and battery through repeated checks, and suppress notifications while still starting the cooldown; lifecycle and release-documentation issues add further bounded risk. Merge should wait for these concrete issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AndroidActivity
  participant WorkManager
  participant UpdateCheckWorker
  participant UpdateNotifier
  participant GitHubReleasesAPI
  participant AndroidNotificationManager
  participant update_checker
  participant DownloadApkScreen
  AndroidActivity->>WorkManager: schedule periodic update checks
  WorkManager->>UpdateCheckWorker: start network-constrained work
  UpdateCheckWorker->>UpdateNotifier: checkAndNotify
  UpdateNotifier->>GitHubReleasesAPI: fetch release and release notes
  GitHubReleasesAPI-->>UpdateNotifier: return release data
  UpdateNotifier->>AndroidNotificationManager: post update notification
  AndroidNotificationManager->>AndroidActivity: deliver open_update intent
  AndroidActivity->>update_checker: handle_update_intent
  update_checker->>DownloadApkScreen: navigate with update metadata
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In `@app_src/android/DEV.md`:
- Line 137: Update the documented signing sequence around the keytool and
apksigner commands to use one consistent, non-committed password source for both
keystore creation and APK signing; remove the mismatched hardcoded credentials
while preserving the existing alias and signing flow.

In `@app_src/android/src/ConnectivityReceiver.java`:
- Around line 70-74: Update sendNotification and both callers,
ConnectivityReceiver and UpdateCheckWorker, so notification posting reports
whether it was eligible and successfully issued; only persist KEY_LAST_NOTIFIED
after a successful result. Ensure disabled notifications, missing permission, or
an unavailable update_channel return failure without updating the cooldown
timestamp, while preserving the existing notification behavior when posting is
allowed.

In `@buildozer.spec`:
- Line 34: Update WallpaperCarouselApp.on_start() to request and handle
POST_NOTIFICATIONS before scheduling UpdateCheckWorker, ensuring scheduling
proceeds only when notification permission is granted and the WelcomeScreen
“Skip Feature” path does not bypass this gate.
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In `@app_src/ui/screens/stats_screen.py`:
- Around line 334-347: Update the exception handler around the Android
shared-preferences size lookup in the stats screen to catch Exception rather
than using a bare except, preserving the existing traceback behavior and
ensuring prefs_file_size is initialized appropriately without catching
KeyboardInterrupt or SystemExit.
- Around line 454-461: Update _do_clear_config so failures in the Android bridge
or preference cleanup are surfaced instead of only printed and ignored. Preserve
the reset flow on success, but propagate the exception or explicitly report that
clearing update_checker_prefs was incomplete so UpdateCheckWorker and
ConnectivityReceiver cannot appear fully reset when last_notified_timestamp
remains.
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app_src/utils/update_checker.py (1)

21-23: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Narrow the exception boundary.

except Exception covers the entire Android scheduling path and suppresses programming errors. Catch only the expected Android import and bridge exceptions when scheduling is best-effort. Remove traceback.print_exc() because app_logger.exception(...) already records the active traceback.

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In `@app_src/utils/update_checker.py` around lines 21 - 23, In the update-check
scheduling flow, narrow the broad except Exception handler to only the expected
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Remove traceback.print_exc() and retain app_logger.exception(...) for recording
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In `@app_src/utils/update_checker.py`:
- Around line 21-23: In the update-check scheduling flow, narrow the broad
except Exception handler to only the expected Android import and bridge
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Passed tests

  • connectivity listener fires on mobile data off and on
  • workmanger fires in sequence
  • swiped away app and workmanger still fired 15mins later
  • notification navigates to update screen

TODO

  • Don't reload update screen when it's already been set (When app restarts from notification and navigates to update screen)
  • Add version messages when displaying update screen from notification

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app_src/android/src/UpdateNotifier.java (1)

117-124: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Close the HTTP resources in a finally block.

Both fetch methods close the reader and call disconnect() only on the success path. When readLine or new JSONObject(...) throws, the reader and the connection stay open, and the socket is released only by finalization. The worker retries on failure, so repeated failures accumulate leaked connections.

Use try-with-resources and a finally for disconnect().

♻️ Proposed refactor for `fetchLatestVersion`
     private static String fetchLatestVersion() {
+        HttpURLConnection conn = null;
         try {
             URL url = new URL(API_URL);
-            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
             conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
             conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json");
             conn.setConnectTimeout(10000);
             conn.setReadTimeout(10000);
 
             int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
             if (responseCode != 200) {
                 Log.e(TAG, "HTTP " + responseCode);
                 return null;
             }
 
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            String line;
-            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-                sb.append(line);
+            try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
+                    new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()))) {
+                String line;
+                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                    sb.append(line);
+                }
             }
-            reader.close();
-            conn.disconnect();
 
             JSONObject json = new JSONObject(sb.toString());
             String tag = json.getString("tag_name");
             return tag.startsWith("v") ? tag.substring(1) : tag;
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to fetch latest version", e);
             return null;
+        } finally {
+            if (conn != null) conn.disconnect();
         }
     }

Apply the same structure to fetchReleaseNotes.

Also applies to: 152-160

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In `@app_src/android/src/UpdateNotifier.java` around lines 117 - 124, Update both
fetchLatestVersion and fetchReleaseNotes to manage the BufferedReader with
try-with-resources and place the HTTP connection’s disconnect call in a finally
block, ensuring both resources are released when reading or JSON parsing fails
as well as on success.
app_src/android/src/ConnectivityReceiver.java (1)

22-22: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Enqueue work instead of starting a raw thread from onReceive.

onReceive returns as soon as the thread starts. Android then treats the receiver as finished and can stop the process, so the network fetch inside checkAndNotify can be killed before it completes. The failure is silent, and no retry occurs from this path.

Enqueue a one-time UpdateCheckWorker request instead. WorkManager keeps the process alive for the job and retries it. The class and constraints already exist in WorkScheduler.

♻️ Proposed refactor
         Log.d(TAG, "Cooldown passed, checking for update in background");
-        new Thread(() -> UpdateNotifier.checkAndNotify(context)).start();
+        WorkManager.getInstance(context).enqueueUniqueWork(
+                "update_check_now",
+                ExistingWorkPolicy.KEEP,
+                new OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(UpdateCheckWorker.class)
+                        .setConstraints(new Constraints.Builder()
+                                .setRequiredNetworkType(NetworkType.CONNECTED)
+                                .build())
+                        .build());

If you prefer to keep the thread, wrap the work with goAsync() and call PendingResult.finish() when the check ends. Note that goAsync still allows only about ten seconds.

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In `@app_src/android/src/ConnectivityReceiver.java` at line 22, Replace the raw
thread in onReceive with a one-time UpdateCheckWorker WorkManager request, using
the existing scheduling setup and constraints exposed by WorkScheduler. Remove
the direct UpdateNotifier.checkAndNotify invocation so the queued worker owns
the update check and WorkManager can manage execution and retries.
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In `@app_src/android/src/UpdateNotifier.java`:
- Line 72: Update the version check in UpdateNotifier so it parses and compares
numeric version components in order, notifying and starting the download only
when latestVersion is greater than currentVersion; equal or locally newer
versions must not trigger the flow. Add or reuse a comparison helper near the
notifier logic, handling differing component lengths consistently.
- Around line 72-75: Update checkAndNotify in the
latestVersion.equals(currentVersion) branch to persist a last-check timestamp
before returning false, using a separate key from KEY_LAST_NOTIFIED. Update
isCooldownActive and its callers, including ConnectivityReceiver, to enforce
this check cooldown for negative results while preserving KEY_LAST_NOTIFIED for
notification cooldowns.

In `@app_src/android/src/WorkScheduler.java`:
- Around line 28-29: Update the PeriodicWorkRequest for UpdateCheckWorker to use
a seven-day interval, and change the existing WORK_TAG scheduling policy from
KEEP to ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE so interval changes apply to
already-enqueued work.

In `@app_src/utils/update_checker.py`:
- Around line 65-69: Update the update-notification flow around screen.show so
apk_size is not stored as 0 for a known downloaded APK: obtain and pass the
actual asset size, or consistently treat zero as unknown in apk_is_valid and
download_apk so completed files are accepted and not resumed with an invalid
range request.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@app_src/android/src/ConnectivityReceiver.java`:
- Line 22: Replace the raw thread in onReceive with a one-time UpdateCheckWorker
WorkManager request, using the existing scheduling setup and constraints exposed
by WorkScheduler. Remove the direct UpdateNotifier.checkAndNotify invocation so
the queued worker owns the update check and WorkManager can manage execution and
retries.

In `@app_src/android/src/UpdateNotifier.java`:
- Around line 117-124: Update both fetchLatestVersion and fetchReleaseNotes to
manage the BufferedReader with try-with-resources and place the HTTP
connection’s disconnect call in a finally block, ensuring both resources are
released when reading or JSON parsing fails as well as on success.
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