📱 APK Tracker

An automated, local-first Android application designed for power users to track, bypass, and download specific APK variants (like arm64-v8a) directly from APKMirror without dealing with messy search results or Cloudflare blocks.

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📱 APK Tracker

An automated, local-first Android application designed for power users to track, bypass, and download specific APK variants (like arm64-v8a) directly from APKMirror without dealing with messy search results or Cloudflare blocks.

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⚡ Version 6 (Current: The Lightning Engine Update)

Branch: v6
Version 6 completely removes the heavy, hidden WebView browser and replaces it with a blazing-fast native fetch() engine, speeding up the app by 10x while saving massive amounts of battery and RAM.

✨ What's New in v6:

• The Secret Backdoor: Uses a specialized, whitelisted User-Agent (APKUpdater-v3.0.3) to completely bypass Cloudflare's math puzzles natively without loading HTML, CSS, or Ads.
• Lightning Scraper: Scrapes variants and math-checks versions in under 2 seconds per app.
• Cloudflare Breath-Timer: Intelligently pauses for 1.5 seconds between page navigations to prevent temporary IP bans while batch scanning.
• Crash-Free Dev Mode: Suppressed React Native's aggressive grey console.error boxes to allow silent, graceful failures in the background if a network request drops.

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🔄 Version 5 (The Batch Processing Update)

Branch: v5

• Batch Import Mode: Paste multiple APKMirror links at once to auto-scan and mass-import.
• "Check All" Queue Engine: Automatically cycles through your entire watchlist.
• Zero-Typing Web Fallback: Secretly pings APKMirror to grab baseline versions if Android hides system apps locally.
• Persistent Memory: Uses AsyncStorage to permanently save newly found updates so "Download" buttons survive app restarts.

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🎨 Version 4 (The UI/UX Polish Update)

Branch: v4

• Custom Premium Header: Completely bypassed the default Android navigation to build a custom, edge-to-edge top header with Two-Tone Logo Branding.

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🏆 Version 3 (The Automation Update)

Branch: v3

• X-Ray Auto-Detect: Scans the phone's hard drive to auto-fill current installed app versions.
• Table-Locked Date Extraction: Safely extracts the exact upload date while ignoring sidebar traps.

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🚀 Version 2 & 1 (The Native Rewrite & Prototype)

Branches: v2 and main
Transitioned from a Vanilla JS web-app to a native Android app using React Native and SQLite.

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🛠️ How to run locally:

1. Clone the repository and checkout the v6 branch.
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Start the Metro Bundler: npm start
4. Build and install via Android Studio.