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Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading (liliputing.com)
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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's the name of the command, though. It's adb sideload. Anything else is installing.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As someone else explained, it is not. The command is adb install.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Why did you feel the need to say it, too? You aren't adding anything.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not even true. If you install an app through adb, the command is adb install <path/to/app.apk>

adb sideload is for installing OTA packages

Source: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/+/refs/heads/master/docs/user/adb.1.md

[–] signup@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

bs, i did install apks before using adb sideload it works

[–] entwine@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know if adb sideload will fallback to a regular install, maybe it does as a convenience for people who don't read the docs? In any case, you said:

That’s the name of the command, though.

And I demonstrated that you're wrong by linking to the official man page (aka the docs) directly from the master branch of the public git repo. Here's the relevant part which describes the sideload command:

sideload OTAPACKAGE Sideload the given full OTA package OTAPACKAGE.

[–] signup@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

idc what those stupid docs say. i know i installed apps with that command before

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

And I've installed apps with adb install file.apk, your point?

[–] signup@sh.itjust.works -3 points 22 hours ago

the docs about adb sideload is wrong. thats my point bec they dont say you can install apps with it

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Exactly?.......