Hi Everyone, A few announcements before the next release! 1. | NikGapps - Releases

Hi Everyone,

A few announcements before the next release!

1. Vanced YouTube

- In our recent discussion with vanced team, we wanted to address an issue that has been bugging a lot of users. That is, not being able to install the latest version of YouTube Vanced on top of existing one.
- With v14 being an outdated version, in the best interest of everyone, we've decided to discontinue shipping that version with NikGapps packages.
- With that, we're going to ship vanced manager instead of YouTube Vanced v14 for users to independently install whichever vanced version they want to install.
- The issue that you're experiencing with YouTube Vanced root version where the play services are not compatible. The root cause is still unknown and the workaround of that is to use non root version.

2. NikGapps Variants Definitions

- With the current definition of variants that we have, there is a big gap between omni and macro variant and we'd like to address that.
- We've decided to re-define the packages regrouping them based on their association with other google apps. For e.g. Dialer goes with Contacts and Messages.
- Thanks to NikGapps Addons we can now drop macro variant allowing users to flash addons to meet their desired gapps package.
- Following is the new definition of NikGapps variants.

Core - No changes

Basic - Core + Wellbeing, Vanced Manager, Dialer, Messages, Contacts, Carrier Services, Clock

Omni - Basic + Setup Wizard, Calculator, Drive, Maps, Gmail, Photos, Health Services

Stock - Omni + Pixel Launcher, DPS, Velvet, Files, Play Games, Calendar, Markup, Sound, Wallpaper, Feedback, Partner Setup

Full - No changes

With one less variant to maintain, we'd be able to provide faster updates!

3. NikGapps Addons

- We're glad to announce that with next release we'd be releasing all the individual google apps packages as addons (such as Gmail, Calendar, etc)
- These addons will be exclusive for NikGapps users.
- Those who are on NikGapps can benefit from individual addons that they can download from @NikGappsGroup.
- With this, you can choose a lower variant and download only the ones that you need.

4. NikGapps Release Updates

- With limited resources, we bear the cost of the project and its quite difficult to maintain builds for every version.
- We'd be dropping pie support with our last pie release
- Pie will receive another update only if the last build stops working
- Android Q and R will have regular updates

Thanks for all your support!

Keep safe and wait for the next update!