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submitted 8 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/askandroid

Long time ago I'd use a third party app for that, but I don't really trust them enough for that now. The closest solution I found was to use the work profile with Shelter, would that be the way to go?

In my case the app is Facebook Messenger & phone is Pixel 6.

I think Samsung devices also had a built in way to do this

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[-] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

Commenting for engagement, I hope you're able to find what you're looking for :)

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Thank you :)

[-] NekomimiNebula@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

Android 14 has support for this so hopefully it does release.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Oh nice

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-14-app-cloning/

Any ideas on when it might release? The articles I came across said September

[-] NekomimiNebula@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure it's being delayed until October, they're releasing the Pixel 8 alongside it

[-] ccreamsonn@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I think Shelter works or you can install Messenger Lite as your second copy

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

That's actually why I'm looking, Messenger Lite just got shut down the other day

That setup worked great till now

[-] ccreamsonn@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Oh sad to hear, i guess Shelter is the way to go but the separate storage is kind of a pain to deal with

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

I have an app called "Clone app" that I use to have two accounts on Discord.

[-] itsaj26744@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago
[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pengyou.cloneapp

I couldn't find anything open source but this one works and isn't too privacy invasive.

[-] itsaj26744@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for efforts but........

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Shelter can give you one extra copy. Not sure about more than that.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Yea this works pretty well, but it gets a little annoying trying to send a photo because the storage is separate

Still possible but just a couple of extra steps every time

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Really? I can share photos from work to personal. I don't know what I did.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Oh really

For me if I want to take a photo and then share it, I need to go into my gallery, find the photo, and then go through the share menu options to find the work app

I haven't tried the other way though

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

go into my gallery, find the photo, and then go through the share menu options to find the work app

That's what I do as well. I guess that's my default workflow. :D

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Looks like that's what I'll do too, shouldn't be too bad until android 14 drops

[-] essellburns@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Samsung does have a way to do this, secure folder. It's different in some ways to the work profile but functionally the same

this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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