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In another thread recently, Termux came up where I just want to let people
know it's generally considered the best thing NOT to use the Google Play
Store version of termux...

Since Google Play Termux builds are apparently frozen at v0.101, they apparently point to old, incompatible repositories. Modern Termux (from
GitHub or F-Droid) uses packages.termux.dev, which contains:
a. updated packages
b. security fixes
c. compatibility with Android 10iV14
d. current Termux tooling

The only "correct" Termux, nowadays, is apparently either the F-Droid:
<https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/>
Or the GitHub Releases which are usually released before F-Droid is.
<https://github.com/termux/termux-app/releases>

Modern Termux uses the packages.termux.dev repository for APT packages.
Only the F-Droid and GitHub builds are configured to use this up-to-date repository. The Play Store version points to old, dead repositories.

Apparently, around Android 10-11, Google introduced restrictions on:
a. executing binaries from app data
b. linking native code
c. using certain APIs

These changes made it almost impossible to update Termux on the Play Store without major rewrites. The maintainers decided they could not comply
without breaking functionality, so they froze the Play version at v0.101.
This freeze is documented in the Termux project's announcements here.
Published Jan 22, 2021
*Here's why the Termux app is no longer getting updates on Google Play*
<https://www.xda-developers.com/termux-terminal-linux-google-play-updates-stopped/>
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Maria Sophia wrote:

*Here's why the Termux app is no longer getting updates on Google Play*
<https://www.xda-developers.com/termux-terminal-linux-google-play-updates-stopped/>

Digging a bit more, apparently a new Play Store version reappeared in 2024
but it's experimental for Android 11+ devices, as apparently...
a. it is maintained separately from the main Termux team
b. it uses a different codebase under termux-play-store
c. it has stability issues and limitations
d. the maintainers still recommend F-Droid for most users

This is confirmed by the Termux Wiki, which states that the Play version is under development and not recommended for most users.
<https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Termux_Google_Play>

The GitHub announcement also explains that the new Play Store releases were made by the original creator (@fornwall) but not by the current core team.
<https://github.com/termux/termux-app/discussions/4000>

The maintainers say F-Droid is safer while those issues are sorted out.
<https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/1dbujal/information_about_the_termux_build_on_google_play/>
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