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Release Tue, Jul 14, 2026 1 min read

Obtainium 1.6.5

Original release notes

What's Changed

  • By @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3076:
  • Place TW zh above zh locale for consistency
  • Fix blank search query being blocked on add-app page, restoring ability to list all apps in F-Droid third-party repos (from #3000)
  • Add HandshakeException retry with staggered random delays for concurrent TLS failures during batch update checks (#3008)
  • Add notification permission request on first non-TV launch and declare POST_NOTIFICATIONS in manifest (#3070)
  • Fix download progress not updating on app list tiles because tileChild was computed outside ValueListenableBuilder
  • Make showActionBannerForUpdateOnly true by default by @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3077
  • by @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3081:
  • Prevent background retry tasks from spawning duplicate install tasks
  • Return all install-capable activities per app for external installer selection (#3067)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/compare/v1.6.4...v1.6.5