[Feature] local-url-for-app-updates

[NicholasFlamy]

I have searched the existing feature requests to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

A URL path on an immich instance that simply has a link to the GitHub release version matching the installed server version. The link could be to the GitHub release version itself or to the GitHub release APK or maybe have links for both.

The primary use case for this is using Obtainium for automatic Android app updates but keeping the app at the server version.

The biggest thing about this would be the ability to stay on a server version for a while and have the app be on the same version even though it's old, and then you could update the server whenever you want and your app would automatically update.

Considerations:

• GitHub release link

• Direct GitHub release APK link

• Version Handling

  • One way is just query the server and have it as a variable in the link similar to the version-announcement-box

• Minor version updates

  • APKs are released even when there is no updates to mobile, good because there won't be a case of no APK, but bad because it's wasteful to download and install an APK just for the version number increment.
  • Minor mobile updates with bug fixes but no server update should show up

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[NicholasFlamy]

Woohoo, implemented an API endpoint in #18700! I want to keep this open a little longer so I can post a guide or something.

[NicholasFlamy]

Working on #20589

[wangling12]

#21712
In China (and possibly in some other regions as well), access to GitHub and F-Droid links is often very unreliable, and Google Play is completely inaccessible. The only consistently reliable source is actually the Immich server itself.

Would it be possible to either:

Directly package the APK into the Immich server so that it can provide downloads and updates, or
Allow the Immich server to act as a download proxy, forwarding the APK from GitHub.

This would make updating and installing the app much more reliable for users in regions with restricted or unstable network access.

[NicholasFlamy]

The only consistently reliable source is actually the Immich server itself.

Currently, Immich server packages are hosted on GitHub using the GitHub Container Registry.

[NicholasFlamy]

Allow the Immich server to act as a download proxy, forwarding the APK from GitHub.

I'm a little confused, does your Immich server have reliable access to GitHub while your phone does not?

[wangling12]

I'm a little confused, does your Immich server have reliable access to GitHub while your phone does not?

Yes, server usually deploy VPN to bypass network restrictions, but it's a bit too difficult to teach every family member how to use VPN.🤣🤣

[NicholasFlamy]

I saw this was added to Obtainium so it might be relevant to you: https://github.com/sky22333/hubproxy

[bo0tzz]

#18700