Encountering app update errors on these apps via Obtainium. please help

[nervousball]

Hello all,
As title says - finally started installing / updating apps via obtainium.
And verifying them via app verifier app

Encountering LOADS of app update errors, even if I used crowdsourced app configurations page:

I’ve managed to fix some by reading GitHub / reddit posts, including:
Adding “tutanota” to filter apps by regular expression
Or
Ticking “include prereleases” for some apps

I have few questions please:

• Standard notes (pre release) - obtained from crowdsourced app configuration page - during installation it says “some errors occurred, conflict”

• Whatsapp. When I try to update it, it states that source URL is now different from originally installed one. It was whatsapp.net and now it is s.whatsapp.net
  Does it mean that I downloaded some different version or just different URL whilst I used aurora store before hand? Should I be worried?

• When looking at installed apps via obtainium, I can see some notes on few apps that were already installed via aurora/f-droid App Store before hand - so I didn’t uninstall them just chose obtainium as main app for updates moving forward - it reads “a pseudo-version is in use”
  Should I also be worried? Or this is not concerning and it would be recommended to uninstall app and install brand newly again via obtainium? (As mentioned all apps were installed via aurora/f-droid beforehand and I started using obtainium where apps were already present on a phone)

• WeChat - “could not find suitable release” - even if im using https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/ - I assume source URL is outdated? or need to tweak something in the settings?

Would really appreciate your help here - tried to “fix” some myself as some don’t give any errors anymore, so I hope everything is okay, such as tutanota

[xa4hf8]

I think you misunderstood the purpose of Obtainium. For example, WeChat & WhatsApp are not open source applications, and the latest updates are typically published in the Play Store. Why are you trying to update them with Obtainium instead of Aurora or Play Store client? What benefit do you think that you are getting by using Obtainium for all of these apps?

If you really want betas or "pre-releases" that are not available on the Play Store (et al) and understand the implications, it's fine to use Obtainium --but in any case you will need to uninstall an app before changing the app store because the digital signature on the app is usually different when the app store is different. This is a security measure that allows you to notice if something attempts to replace the app without your consent (though there are some other reasons why you might see the pseudo-version message.)

You can check where an app was installed from by viewing the application's properties under
Apps in Android settings.

[nervousball]

hey. i think you misunderstood my post. have you checked the URL that was mentioned? whatsapp and wechat were in that site, so i thought i can get those updated via obtainium as well :)

are you aware that aurora doesnt verify signatures?
im a bit shocked that you ask such simple questions being on this page, but coming from graphene OS perspective and if you use obtainium for other purposes it makes sense