Downgrading Android Apps Without Erasing User Data
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I recently ran into an issue where I installed a broken unstable-branch update to the Android app F-Droid on my phone. This led to the app immediately crashing when launched. When considering how I could roll back the app to an older version, I was surprised to find out that Android does not allow you to roll back app updates through the user interface. Instead, it forces you to uninstall the app first, erasing all of the app’s user data in the process. Read more