Android 15 could add built-in support for app archiving
Google Play has an app archiving feature that lets you uninstall apps without deleting their data, and it's coming natively to Android 15.
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What would be the point?
I could see it maybe being useful for certain large games that you only play occasionally, but...
That'd mean redownloading right when you actually want to play, which is a pain. Also, in ability to tell it to archive or un-archive something manually makes that situation even worse.
It feels like those "ram doublers" back in the day... Neat in theory, but just painful in reality. It puts a check mark on a sales pitch, but doesn't actually help anyone.
Yeah. For persistence and cross-device stuff, it makes more sense for it to be stored server-side. Either by the app author, or maybe Google could offer a few kB free for each app, like how Chrome provides a bit of storage for extension settings.
Backups. I have apps that I specifically won't update for X reasons, and I have titanium backup to manage the backups. If I didn't need root to manage backing up and restoring individual apps then I'd only have one or two more use for root.
Is titback still functional? Had many issues on A13
I haven’t tried it on 13 yet. I haven’t done a single software update on my pixel 4 for that very reason. All of the newer devices I’ve used aren’t rooted.