Disable Target API Block

about

description

<p>On Android 14, Google started blocking old apps (those targeting a target API lower than 23, i.e. anything before Marshmallow/Android 6) from being installed.</p><p>While this behaviour can be overridden by calling <code>adb install</code> (respectively <code>pm install</code> if you've got access to a root shell on your device) with the <code>--bypass-low-target-sdk-block</code> flag, it still breaks simple manual installation of older APKs, as well as any backup apps and other software like that which hasn't yet been updated for this new behaviour.</p><p>This Xposed module hooks the app installation process to always behave as if that flag had been passed and to therefore generally allow installation of old apps.</p>

publisher

78ce6faa72264387284e647ba6938995735ec8c7d5c5a65737e55130f026307d

first seen

2026-10-09T04:26:46.309679+00:00

last event

2025-10-17 20:55 UTC

install

zapstore.dev or any Zapstore-compatible client

source & build

repository

https://github.com/buttercookie42/disabletargetapiblock

arch flags

android-arm64-v8a

manifest

missing

releases (kind 30063)

1 release indexed; latest 1.2.

assets & verification

Every app, release and asset event is schnorr-verified (NIP-01 id + signature) before it enters the catalog, and assets are content-addressed by sha256. We subscribe read-only to the catalog relay — never write to it.

1.2 — de.buttercookie.disabletargetapiblock-1.2.apk

sha256

e9d675c2fefeb4e47ee43eb15f4cd8393c1e8c7ccb831a531cfaf00add3a974b

size

0.0 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a

version code

5

apk cert sha256

7baab2feb8ac7fe10fe5414e4d28aa901a525981b1201e2d583df5bb6d9b1b13

download

de.buttercookie.disabletargetapiblock-1.2.apk

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