SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission

[IzzySoft]

on the last update at 2024-12-27, the scanner here yielded a new permission was added: android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW. Could you please clarify what this is needed/used for, so we can add it to the "green list" of your app? Thanks in advance!

[IzzySoft]

PS, another alert:

! org.cagnulein.qzcompanionnordictracktreadmill: needs NonFreeComp, needs NonFreeNet, needs Tracking

Looks like you added some proprietary/non-free dependencies – oh gosh, please say that was an accident: MLKit, Firebase, GMS… The first one is the main culprit, having the other ones dragged in. Is that really needed? For now I had to add a block of anti-features 😢 And it brought the app to the dark gray area of our inclusion policy.

[cagnulein]

I'm using OCR because it's the only way to get metrics after the new ifit update. I can use paddleocr in the future if it's better for you In the next future I have to buy a nordictrack device to test access to usb directly Roberto Viola Software engineer and open source enthusiast http://robertoviola.cloud Il giorno lun 30 dic 2024 alle 11:33 Izzy ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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PS, another alert: ! org.cagnulein.qzcompanionnordictracktreadmill: needs NonFreeComp, needs NonFreeNet, needs Tracking Looks like you added some proprietary/non-free dependencies – oh gosh, please say that was an accident: MLKit, Firebase, GMS… The first one is the main culprit, having the other ones dragged in. Is that really needed? For now I had to add a block of anti-features 😢 And it brought the app to the dark gray area of our inclusion policy. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#122 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAALYWDXJUNQ2LBX4HVXC6D2IEOPLAVCNFSM6AAAAABUL2P77WVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKNRVGI4TSMRSHA> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: <cagnulein/QZCompanionNordictrackTreadmill/issues/122/2565299228@ github.com>

[IzzySoft]

Thanks @cagnulein – and yes, switching to a libre replacement would be much appreciated 😉

[cagnulein]

it could take some time, i will let you know, for now mask it unfortunately :(

[IzzySoft]

For now the anti-features are in place. Knowing you'll eventually work on it, I guess we can live with that for a while. It will just be temporary. So first, happy new year!

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[IzzySoft]

chuckle your bot is too fast again I guess 🙈

[IzzySoft]

Btw, as APK size also has jumped from ~4 MB to ~20 MB, I've had to reduce the number of versions we can keep to 2 (still beyond the per-app size limit, but I hope your replacements will get it down a bit again).

[cagnulein]

Actually paddle ocr will be larger unfortunately Roberto Viola Software engineer and open source enthusiast http://robertoviola.cloud Il giorno gio 16 gen 2025 alle 03:27 Izzy ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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Btw, as APK size also has jumped from ~4 MB to ~20 MB, I've had to reduce the number of versions we can keep to 2 (still beyond the per-app size limit, but I hope your replacements will get it down a bit again). — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#122 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAALYWAA5EL74I222HLZOH32K4KIJAVCNFSM6AAAAABUL2P77WVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKOJUGMZTSMJRGI> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[IzzySoft]

And OCR is needed "at the core" – or could be "outsourced" to an addon? I mean, it's a jump by almost factor 10 then in size if it gets "even larger" (it was less than 4 MB before, and is more than 20 MB already now). Just wondering. We might have to go with a single version only at IoD then.

[cagnulein]

It's a core feature unfortunately due to ifit madness Stupid question: is the app download regularly from there? Roberto Viola Software engineer and open source enthusiast http://robertoviola.cloud Il giorno gio 16 gen 2025 alle 18:32 Izzy ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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And OCR is needed "at the core" – or could be "outsourced" to an addon? I mean, it's a jump by almost factor 10 then in size if it gets "even larger" (it was less than 4 MB before, and is more than 20 MB already now). Just wondering. We might have to go with a single version only at IoD then. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#122 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAALYWGS4YMB425S7WVOADL2K7UKDAVCNFSM6AAAAABUL2P77WVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKOJWGMYTKOJUGU> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[IzzySoft]

is the app download regularly from there?

Our updater downloads it from here, scans it, applies several security checks – and when it passes them, places it into our repo. Clients then will provide it from our repo, i.e. the "verified APK" – all else would mean potential causes of error (believe it or not, but devs delete releases, replace APKs, etc).

So our repo stores up to 3 versions (to provide some overlap for index updates: if e.g. your client updates the index now, then we push an update an hour, and again an hour later you want to install something your index thinks is there but was just updated, we still have the copy you were looking at). "up to" means "3 versions or per-app-size-limit, whatever is reached first". We're currently allowing for 2 versions of Treadmill, despite that exceeding the max-size by 1/3.

[cagnulein]

No I mean, users are downloading this app from your repo? Because I don't want to be a stress to you if no one is downloading it from there Roberto Viola Software engineer and open source enthusiast http://robertoviola.cloud Il giorno gio 16 gen 2025 alle 21:40 Izzy ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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is the app download regularly from there? Our updater downloads it from here, scans it, applies several security checks – and when it passes them, places it into our repo. Clients then will provide it from our repo, i.e. the "verified APK" – all else would mean potential causes of error (believe it or not, but devs delete releases, replace APKs, etc). So our repo stores up to 3 versions (to provide some overlap for index updates: if e.g. your client updates the index now, then we push an update an hour, and again an hour later you want to install something your index thinks is there but was just updated, we still have the copy you were looking at). "up to" means "3 versions or per-app-size-limit, whatever is reached first". We're currently allowing for 2 versions of Treadmill, despite that exceeding the max-size by 1/3. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#122 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAALYWEARLOC7OHLRKV6EC32LAKL5AVCNFSM6AAAAABUL2P77WVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKOJWHA2DONJYHA> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>