My Android Workflow

The following is a list of useful tips, apps, etc. that I use that attempt to respect the following:

1. Privacy
2. Security
3. Free and Open Source
4. Convenience and Usability

Foundation

• Hardware: Google Pixel
• Software: GrapheneOS

Sandboxed Google Play: Apps -> Google Play services -> Install

App Stores

• F-droid - For open-source apps
• Droid-ify - A modern and intuitive F-Droid client
• AuroraOSS - Anonymous Google Playstore Client
• Sandboxed Google Play Store - We trust the integrity of Apps more from the official Google store

Tips and Tricks

Banking and Financial Apps

These apps often have many "safety" checks in place to insure app integrity. If apps are crashing on launch, the following tips may help:

1. Enable native code debugging: Settings -> Security -> Enable native code debugging
2. Exploit protection compatibility mode: Settings -> Apps -> [my app] -> Advanced -> Exploit protection compatibility mode
3. Install app from official Google Playstore. Apps can check where they were installed from (i.e. AuroraOSS), and not launch.

Apps

Incomplete list of apps.

• OSMAnd
• Organic Maps
• Bromite
• FairEmail
• GadgetBridge
• GPSTest
• Infinity
• Materialistic
• NewPipe
• Nextcloud
• RHVoice
• Signal
• Sky Map
• SpotiFlyer
• Tailscale
• Tasks
• Weather