# Obtainium v1.6.5

- Product: Obtainium (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/obtainium)
- Vendor: Imran Remtulla
- Date: 2026-07-14
- Version: v1.6.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/releases/tag/v1.6.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/obtainium/releases/v1.6.5
- Labels: Platforms: Android

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- **changed** — Place Traditional Chinese locale above generic Chinese locale for consistency
- **fixed** — Fix blank search query being blocked on add-app page, restoring ability to list all apps in F-Droid third-party repos
- **added** — Add HandshakeException retry with staggered random delays for concurrent TLS failures during batch update checks
- **added** — Add notification permission request on first non-TV launch and declare POST_NOTIFICATIONS in manifest
- **fixed** — Fix download progress not updating on app list tiles because tileChild was computed outside ValueListenableBuilder
- **changed** — Make showActionBannerForUpdateOnly true by default
- **fixed** — Prevent background retry tasks from spawning duplicate install tasks
- **changed** — Return all install-capable activities per app for external installer selection

##### What's Changed
* By @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3076:
    * Place TW zh above zh locale for consistency
    * Fix blank search query being blocked on add-app page, restoring ability to list all apps in F-Droid third-party repos (from #3000)
    * Add HandshakeException retry with staggered random delays for concurrent TLS failures during batch update checks (#3008)
    * Add notification permission request on first non-TV launch and declare POST_NOTIFICATIONS in manifest (#3070)
    * Fix download progress not updating on app list tiles because tileChild was computed outside ValueListenableBuilder
    * Make showActionBannerForUpdateOnly true by default by @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3077
* by @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3081:
    * Prevent background retry tasks from spawning duplicate install tasks
    * Return all install-capable activities per app for external installer selection (#3067) 

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/compare/v1.6.4...v1.6.5