Update an app with the apk file from Github

I installed Feeder from F-Droid. On August 9th a major 2.5 update was released that I would like to have but it is not yet updated in F-Droid.
I downloaded from GitHub - spacecowboy/Feeder: Android RSS reader app the app.release.apk file with version 2.6 and it could not update on the phone.

How should I do it to have the latest version?

The f-droid version and GitHub versions have different signatures. If you don’t want to wait for the newer version to reach f-droid, you will need to export your subscriptions, uninstall the app and install the app you downloaded from GitHub and restore subscriptions

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Thank you for your prompt response. The problem is that the latest update includes export the list of filters, so I will have to wait for F-Droid if I don’t want to lose it.

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2.5 has been available. 2.6 is coming.

How wonderful that magic exists. I just put the post and Feeder was updated!!! Thank you very much.

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the app is using autoupdate for its metadata ( Update Feeder to 2.6.0 (284) (7f3e4e0a) · Commits · F-Droid / Data · GitLab ) so it will be picked up and built as soon as the checkupdate bot finds it.

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