Google removed Island and Shelter apps from the Play Store
Shelter may have been taken down a while ago, not sure if by Google or the developer.
According to the Island developer Island was removed because it's not supposed to use
REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES, so it's probably the same for Shelter. They're appealing but if/when it returns it might be "with limited functionality" which one would be able to restore with an "extension" downloaded on github but at that point why not just install the apk from github in the first place.
As for Shelter and Insular (fork of Island), they're also available on F-Droid.
Wonder if they're cracking down on these "hacks" to leverage the work profile on purpose, like they do local VPNs that block ads.
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It's not a hack. I think they don't want things that can install apps in the Play store.
But I'd love to learn more about their reason
Technically Google Chrome and Google Files can install packages. Wonder if they'll remove those too.
Can wait for Pinephone to go mainstream.
I really wanted to upgrade from my S5 to a linux phone, but the NAND died on me. I'm on a Fairphone now, hopefully the Linux phone ecosystem gets better so I can make the jump there next in a few years time π