Fix background update issue (#896)

lib/main.dart

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import 'package:easy_localization/src/easy_localization_controller.dart';
 // ignore: implementation_imports
 import 'package:easy_localization/src/localization.dart';
 
-const String currentVersion = '0.14.14';
+const String currentVersion = '0.14.15';
 const String currentReleaseTag =
     'v$currentVersion-beta'; // KEEP THIS IN SYNC WITH GITHUB RELEASES
 

lib/providers/apps_provider.dart

@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ class AppsProvider with ChangeNotifier {
         zipFile: File(filePath), destinationDir: Directory(destinationPath));
   }
 
-  Future<void> installXApkDir(
-      DownloadedXApkDir dir, BuildContext? context) async {
+  Future<void> installXApkDir(DownloadedXApkDir dir,
+      {bool needsBGWorkaround = false}) async {
     // We don't know which APKs in an XAPK are supported by the user's device
     // So we try installing all of them and assume success if at least one installed
     // If 0 APKs installed, throw the first install error encountered
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ class AppsProvider with ChangeNotifier {
         if (file.path.toLowerCase().endsWith('.apk')) {
           try {
             somethingInstalled = somethingInstalled ||
-                await installApk(DownloadedApk(dir.appId, file), context);
+                await installApk(DownloadedApk(dir.appId, file),
+                    needsBGWorkaround: needsBGWorkaround);
           } catch (e) {
             logs.add(
                 'Could not install APK from XAPK \'${file.path}\': ${e.toString()}');
@@ -464,7 +465,8 @@ class AppsProvider with ChangeNotifier {
     }
   }
 
-  Future<bool> installApk(DownloadedApk file, BuildContext? context) async {
+  Future<bool> installApk(DownloadedApk file,
+      {bool needsBGWorkaround = false}) async {
     var newInfo =
         await pm.getPackageArchiveInfo(archiveFilePath: file.file.path);
     PackageInfo? appInfo = await getInstalledInfo(apps[file.appId]!.app.id);
@@ -473,16 +475,19 @@ class AppsProvider with ChangeNotifier {
         !(await canDowngradeApps())) {
       throw DowngradeError();
     }
-    int? code;
-    if (context == null) {
-      // In background installs, 'installApk' never returns so don't wait for it
-      // TODO: Find a fix to make this work synchronously without context
-      AndroidPackageInstaller.installApk(apkFilePath: file.file.path);
-      code = 0; // Be optimistic (ver. det. will get most wrong ones anyways)
-    } else {
-      code =
-          await AndroidPackageInstaller.installApk(apkFilePath: file.file.path);
+    if (needsBGWorkaround) {
+      // The below 'await' will never return if we are in a background process
+      // To work around this, we should assume the install will be successful
+      // So we update the app's installed version first as we will never get to the later code
+      // We can't conditionally get rid of the 'await' as this causes install fails (BG process times out) - see #896
+      // TODO: When fixed, update this function and the calls to it accordingly
+      apps[file.appId]!.app.installedVersion =
+          apps[file.appId]!.app.latestVersion;
+      await saveApps([apps[file.appId]!.app],
+          attemptToCorrectInstallStatus: false);
     }
+    int? code =
+        await AndroidPackageInstaller.installApk(apkFilePath: file.file.path);
     bool installed = false;
     if (code != null && code != 0 && code != 3) {
       throw InstallError(code);
@@ -649,11 +654,17 @@ class AppsProvider with ChangeNotifier {
         notifyListeners();
         try {
           if (downloadedFile != null) {
-            // ignore: use_build_context_synchronously
-            await installApk(downloadedFile, context);
+            if (willBeSilent && context == null) {
+              installApk(downloadedFile, needsBGWorkaround: true);
+            } else {
+              await installApk(downloadedFile);
+            }
           } else {
-            // ignore: use_build_context_synchronously
-            await installXApkDir(downloadedDir!, context);
+            if (willBeSilent && context == null) {
+              installXApkDir(downloadedDir!, needsBGWorkaround: true);
+            } else {
+              await installXApkDir(downloadedDir!);
+            }
           }
           if (willBeSilent && context == null) {
             notificationsProvider?.notify(SilentUpdateAttemptNotification(

pubspec.lock

@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: dynamic_color
-      sha256: de4798a7069121aee12d5895315680258415de9b00e717723a1bd73d58f0126d
+      sha256: "96bff3df72e3d428bda2b874c7a521e8c86f592cae626ea594922fcc8d166e0c"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.6.6"
+    version: "1.6.7"
   easy_localization:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: webview_flutter_android
-      sha256: "9427774649fd3c8b7ff53523051395d13aed2ca355822b822e6493d79f5fc05a"
+      sha256: ddc167c6676f57c8b367d19fcbee267d6dc6adf81bd6c3cb87981d30746e0a6d
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.10.0"
+    version: "3.10.1"
   webview_flutter_platform_interface:
     dependency: transitive
     description:

pubspec.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ publish_to: 'none' # Remove this line if you wish to publish to pub.dev
 # https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html
 # In Windows, build-name is used as the major, minor, and patch parts
 # of the product and file versions while build-number is used as the build suffix.
-version: 0.14.14+206 # When changing this, update the tag in main() accordingly
+version: 0.14.15+207 # When changing this, update the tag in main() accordingly
 
 environment:
   sdk: '>=3.0.0 <4.0.0'