I use the F-Droid Android app with bad Internet connection: It is slow and sometimes interrupted.
What happens is that I click on “install” and the app starts downloading.
This might take a while. In that time, I might want to choose another app to download and install.
If at that point the Internet connection breaks for a bit, the download will stop.
To install the app, I need to search for it again and click install again.
Then it continues with the download.
For me, the following features would make using F-Droid with a bad Internet connection easier:
- Keep interrupted downloading apps in Updates: When an app is downloaded, it appears in the “Updates” section. When the connection breaks, I would like it do still stay there - just as not downloading. This way, I do not need to search for it again in case I install another app. Optionally, I can also click to “Download” the app again to retry the download.
- Since the interruption might be temporary, it would be nice to retry the download automatically. Imaging: If the Internet connection is quite unstable, one might need to click download, download, download again and again to restart it. If it could just retry to download for about 5 minutes, that would be much appreciated! After that time, I can click download again. But I know I do not constantly have to watch the process.
For me, this is also a matter of inclusion because I think most app developers are not in the position where they have to put up with bad Internet.