Fdroid to Google Play proxy

If you do not want to use gapps on your device, but still need some proprietary apps frequently updated, there is a solution. You can set up a script that will fetch apps that you need and store them in a F-Droid repository.

I’ve set up a repository with some stuff here, but only for testing purpose.

Steps to reproduce (and sample commands):

• Install fdroid server package. (fdroidserver Debian package):

  	sudo aptitude install fdroidserver
  

• Create user for repository and log into it:

  	adduser repo
  	su repo
  

• Create fdroid simple binary repository:

  	cd ~
  	mkdir -p repo/repo
  	cd repo
  	cp /usr/share/doc/fdroidserver/examples/config.py repo
  	#edit config.py
  

• Get python googleplay-api:

  	cd ~
  	git clone https://github.com/egirault/googleplay-api
  

• Take a device with gapps (emulator is OK) and get GOOGLEPLAY_ID. Remember, you need GOOGLEPLAY_ID, not ANDROID_ID. Then add it (and your login && password or token) to ~/googleplay-api/config.py. Set up the rest variables according to what you desire.

• Get my files:

  	wget -O ~/googleplay-api/version.py https://der.ttyh.ru/blag/files/version.py
  	wget -O- https://der.ttyh.ru/blag/files/proxy.tar.gz | tar xvf -
  

• Use get.sh for adding packages. For example, ~/get.sh org.mozilla.firefox. Then run cd repo && fdroid uptade -c

  • If you want, you can fill in ~/repo/metadata/org.mozilla.firefox with package information

• ~/do.sh will update all the packages, add it to cron, if you want

• ~/repo/repo is your repository. I made a symlink from /var/www:

  	/var/www/repo -> ../../../home/repo/repo/repo 
  

• Add it to F-droid.