Signal-android: Latest version of signal is not available for me but can be downloaded through YALP.
The latest version available for me on Play Store is version 4.16.9, but when I download from YALP store it shows an update for version 4.17.5 . This new update includes new features such as the registration lock.
Signal Version Available for Google Play : 4.16.9
Signal Version downloaded from YALP store : 4.17.5
Additional information :
Country : Malaysia
OS : Stock Android 7.0 (Lenovo P2)
Sample size : 1
Why is the latest update not available for me? Region?
I will include image when I am on a computer.
gohanko
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I'm pretty sure that the only official distribution points for Signal are the Signal website and the Google Play Store (the preferred method). It's possible that it's some third party building from the GitHub repository and uploading to YALP.
If you do not have access to the Google Play Store, your best options are to either build from the GitHub repo directly (which means no auto update mechanism, risk of your own signing keys being compromised, etc.) or to install from the Signal website (which is apparently not kept up with the Google Play build version...) (See this comment on #127).
RichJeanes
on 29 Mar 2018
@RichJeanes Please read more about what YALP Store is.
Basically, its an alternative client for Google Play. All the data loaded are from Google servers. Therefore there should not be any difference in version number, unless Google or the developer is delaying updates for certain regions.
YALP uses built in credentials for all users, so that people can use Google Play without logging in to Google Play.
I use my own account which is only used in Malaysia while the public YALP account is used by people all over the world. What I want to say is that the updates are not available to users in certain region and that might be concerning if the apps arent able to be updated even after 2 weeks of the release of the new version.
The only not google connection YALP do is to obtain login tokens (afaik)!.
gohanko
on 29 Mar 2018
The reason I say that it seems like it might be unofficial is that the current stable release on the US Play Store is 4.16.9. I assume that 4.17.5 is the current version on the Play Store beta channel since that is the latest on the GitHub repository, but I can't say since I'm not on the Play Store beta channel.
I suppose another possible explanation is that whatever Play Store crawler that YALP uses does not recognize the difference between stable and beta channels. That would explain the difference if 4.17.5 is currently on the beta channel of the Play Store.
RichJeanes
on 29 Mar 2018
Signal uses a staged rollout process for production releases through Google Play.
jlund-signal
on 30 Mar 2018
@RichJeanes
Ah that clears it up. You made it sounds like YALP is a totally diffrent store. I thought signal is updated in Google Play.
gohanko
on 30 Mar 2018
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I'm pretty sure that the only official distribution points for Signal are the Signal website and the Google Play Store (the preferred method). It's possible that it's some third party building from the GitHub repository and uploading to YALP.
If you do not have access to the Google Play Store, your best options are to either build from the GitHub repo directly (which means no auto update mechanism, risk of your own signing keys being compromised, etc.) or to install from the Signal website (which is apparently not kept up with the Google Play build version...) (See this comment on #127).