Launchly is an unofficial Android version manager for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. It uses an authenticated Google delivery session, downloads compatible APK splits as persistent background work, validates the complete APK set, and hands installation to Android.
- Android 9 (API 28) or newer
compileSdkandtargetSdk35 by intentional choice for signed GitHub APK distribution- ABIs:
arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,x86_64, andx86when reported by the device and catalog - System light/dark appearance, with dynamic color on Android 12+
Launchly is not distributed through Google Play. Release APKs are published through this repository’s GitHub Releases page as prereleases until device and real-account smoke testing is complete.
The project uses JDK 17, Android Gradle Plugin 9.3, Gradle 9.5, built-in Kotlin, Compose, Room, DataStore, and WorkManager.
./gradlew testDebugUnitTest lintDebug assembleDebug
./gradlew :app:verifyReleaseArtifactRelease signing is never stored in the repository. A signed build accepts these Gradle properties or environment variables:
LAUNCHLY_STORE_FILELAUNCHLY_STORE_PASSWORDLAUNCHLY_KEY_ALIASLAUNCHLY_KEY_PASSWORD
Release acceptance pins certificate SHA-256 6217BE5A3838417FDFC9A4645E32F7150A9D185EF4C14686839DF398DA778F6B, rejects legacy-client identifiers, and enforces a 15 MiB universal APK budget. Maintainers must also keep Android developer verification current for certified-device sideload distribution.
CI runs JVM tests, lint, the R8 acceptance build, dependency review, and x86_64 emulator tests on API 28, 31, 33, and 35, including a large-screen landscape case. Before promoting a prerelease, maintainers must additionally smoke-test ARM64 hardware, a real entitled account, fresh install, production-signed upgrade with adb install -r, download/resume, install, launch, and the explicitly confirmed downgrade path.
Read the privacy notice and disclaimer. Launchly deliberately has no automatic analytics. Diagnostic export is explicit and excludes credentials and account details.
Launchly is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang, Microsoft, or Google.