README.md (5415 bytes)
1 # Ink Update 2 3 Watches Rebind and its extensions, and tells you when a new version is ready. 4 5 The app does not install anything. It finds the new version, makes a 6 notification, and opens the page. You install it. 7 8 Made for e-ink readers and any Android 12 or later. 9 10 ## Screenshots 11 12 <p> 13 <img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1.png" width="260" alt="The list of the watched apps, each up to date, and the Check now button"> 14 </p> 15 16 The picture is from a Viwoods AiPaper Reader. 17 18 ## Why this is a separate app 19 20 Rebind has no internet permission. This app has it, so Rebind does not need it. 21 22 An app that looks for updates must reach the network. An app that reads your 23 buttons must not. So the two jobs live in two apps. You can remove this one at 24 any time, and Rebind keeps working. 25 26 ## What it watches 27 28 - Rebind 29 - Ink Recents 30 - Ink Dim 31 - Ink Update 32 33 The app shows only the ones that are on your device. 34 35 ## Where it looks 36 37 The app tries three places, in this order. 38 39 1. **F-Droid.** The app asks F-Droid for the newest build of the package. If 40 F-Droid has a newer one, the app opens the F-Droid page. The F-Droid client 41 does the install. 42 2. **Google Play.** Google Play has no public way to ask. So the app asks the 43 system which app did the install. If Google Play did the install, Google 44 Play updates the app, and Ink Update stops there. The row says 45 "Play updates this app". There is no notification. 46 3. **GitHub.** The app reads the last ten releases of the repository and takes 47 the newest one that is not a draft. Every Rebind release is a pre-release, 48 so the app cannot use the "latest release" address. 49 50 ## What it sends 51 52 Two hosts, and nothing else: 53 54 https://f-droid.org/api/v1/packages/<package> 55 https://api.github.com/repos/<owner>/<name>/releases?per_page=10 56 57 Each request carries the package name or the repository name, and a User-Agent 58 that names this app. There is no identifier, no account, no advertisement and 59 no analytics. See [PRIVACY.md](PRIVACY.md). 60 61 ## Use 62 63 - **Check now** looks at each installed app. 64 - **Check once a day** keeps a daily check. It lives through a restart. 65 - A row with an update opens the page for that app. 66 - A notification says "Rebind 0.0.16-alpha is ready". Tap it for the page. 67 Tap **Download** for the APK. 68 69 ## Start it from somewhere else 70 71 One intent action: 72 73 dev.equwal.inkupdate.CHECK 74 75 Example with adb: 76 77 adb shell am start -a dev.equwal.inkupdate.CHECK 78 79 Rebind can put this on a hardware button. 80 81 ## Install 82 83 Download the APK from the Releases page and install it. 84 85 Open the app once. It asks for the notification permission and does the first 86 check. 87 88 ## More extensions 89 90 [Awesome Rebind](https://github.com/equwal/awesome-rebind). 91 92 ## Say thanks 93 94 Ink Update is free and open source. If it made your device better, you can 95 [buy me a coffee](https://ko-fi.com/truex). 96 97 ## Build 98 99 You need JDK 17 or later and the Android SDK, with platform 36. 100 101 ./gradlew testReleaseUnitTest assembleRelease 102 103 The APK is in `app/build/outputs/apk/release/`. 104 105 The APK has no dependency. The app uses `java.net.HttpURLConnection`, the 106 `org.json` of the platform, and `JobScheduler`. 107 108 Release signing is optional. Put a `keystore.properties` file in the root of 109 the project with `storeFile`, `storePassword`, `keyAlias` and `keyPassword`. 110 Without that file the build makes an unsigned APK. 111 112 ## More projects 113 114 - [SubRead](https://subread.space/): read along with an audiobook, in the browser. 115 Also [for Android](https://github.com/equwal/subread-android/releases/latest), 116 [for YouTube](https://github.com/equwal/subread-extension/releases/latest) 117 and [for KOReader](https://github.com/equwal/subread.koplugin). 118 - [SubRead Overlay](https://github.com/equwal/subread-overlay/releases/latest): subtitle lines over any Android media player. 119 - [SubRead Dictionary](https://github.com/equwal/subread-dictionary/releases/latest): a pop-up dictionary for Android that reads Yomitan dictionaries. 120 - [SubRead Anki](https://github.com/equwal/subread-anki): one tap makes an Anki card from any Android app. 121 - [Subrep](https://github.com/equwal/subrep-android/releases/latest): live captions of the sound of your phone. 122 - [Book Simulator](https://booksimulator.com/): a reading room for Aozora Bunko and Project Gutenberg books. 123 - [honjimaku.com](https://honjimaku.com/): subtitles for Japanese audiobooks. 124 - [sbm Sync](https://sbmsync.com/): your bookmarks, the same on every device, 125 with [sbm](https://github.com/equwal/sbm) for dmenu, 126 [sbm for Android](https://github.com/equwal/sbm-android/releases/latest) 127 and the [sbm add-on](https://github.com/equwal/sbm-extension/releases/latest) for Firefox and Chrome. 128 - [Rebind](https://github.com/equwal/rebind/releases): remap the hardware buttons of e-ink readers and Android, 129 with [Ink Recents](https://github.com/equwal/ink-recents/releases/latest), 130 [Ink Dim](https://github.com/equwal/ink-dim/releases/latest) 131 and [Ink Update](https://github.com/equwal/ink-update/releases/latest). 132 - [dickt.store](https://dickt.store/): language-learning tools, flashcards and web toys. 133 - [hentaibun.online](https://hentaibun.online/): learn kanbun and kobun. 134 - [Recently Written](https://recentlywritten.com/): the blog, and a list of [all projects](https://recentlywritten.com/projects.html). 135 136 ## Licence 137 138 GPL-3.0-or-later. See [LICENSE](LICENSE). 139 140 Copyright (c) 2026 equwal.