Re: Latest update

On 14/10/2024 00:34, Andrews wrote:

Jeff Layman wrote on Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:24:00 +0100 :
 

I have the Muntashirakon App Manager, and tried to find out what apps
had an update yesterday. I found Google Play Services, and with the info
you provided found that the Gmail update date was 11 October. Messages
were updated 2 October, but I'm fairly certain that was a separate
update I did early last week. Nothing I tried to search on (eg "Personal
safety") seemed to match the "Stay safe in real time" update.
Unfortunately I couldn't find a way to use the app manager to search for
a date. There are far too many apps to just scroll through the whole
list to find anything with yesterday's date.

 Hi Jeff,
 It's great you're using they Muntashirakon App Manager, as it's the best
there is (I'm sorry Andy Burns had trouble with it at first but now it's
working for him also). I strive to find the best free ad free apps out
there so I'm glad you took me up on my recommendation.

Yes, I use it but most of what it does and shows is way above my head!

As for the Google Play system update" (aka Project Mainline), I searched
for an app for you that will tell you the version of every module.
 The free Skyica App Finder didn't find much when I used a filter of free
with no ads, but when I loosened the filter to allow ads, this popped up.
  *Mainline Modules Info* by Simplicity.io
  <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.simplicity.trainspotting>
 It has only had 100 or so downloads, so I don't know much about it, but
I'll download it myself to see if it does what you seem to want it to.
 If you have time, can you check it out for the team to let the rest of us
know if it does what you need in terms of Mainline module versions?

I downloaded and installed "Mainline Modules Info". At first I thought it might do what I wanted, but I don't think that it does.
When first opened, it shows the Mainline Modules screen. Some of those show the "Last update" date. For example, Ad Services TVP shows a last update of 01/08/2024. If I use the search field to look for 01/08/2024, it finds that app and several others updated on that date. However, if I search for 12/10/2024 it finds nothing with that date. However, as noted above, Google Play Services was updated on that date according to the App Manager.
Now change to "Dashboard". The second "Mainline Modules Availability" shown is Google Play services, and the last update is shown as 12/10/2024! Why didn't that appear when I searched for that date?
Perhaps it's of interest that the first app shown under dashboard is com.google.android.modulemetadata. According to <https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/modular-system/metadata>, that app "The ModuleMetadata module contains metadata about the list of modules on a given device. The metadata is parsed and cached as soon as the system server starts." Maybe the metadata includes the latest update date.
(Unfortunately while trying to tap on the underlined word "Detected" to see if it did anything I accidently tapped on "Check for update" (underneath Mainline Module Availability). I couldn't stop it checking and had to reboot to complete the update! I've now got a lot of apps/modules with an update date of 14/10/2024).
Let me know if you have any more luck checking the latest update dates.
--
Jeff