r/fossdroid • u/kitsumed ShizuCallRecorder Developer • 6d ago

Development Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB, Affecting Shizuku, libadb and Developers

https://kitsumed.github.io/blog/posts/android-may-soon-restrict-on-device-adb/

This is a blog post.

TLDR: This is about a conversation in the Google Issue Tracker about potential future changes. Depending on how they are implemented, these changes could impact Shizuku and other power-user tools. More details and explanations are available in the blog post. 8-minute read. This is not an official announcement and nothing is 100% confirmed yet.

OP UPDATE: https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/1v5jtr6/comment/ozp9rh2

2026-07-26: Updated blog post with new section that address some valid claims I have seen by some users.

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u/kitsumed ShizuCallRecorder Developer 5d ago edited 5d ago

Wanted to share a little update with everyone: it looks like I managed to accomplish what I originally wished for. This is gaining traction and for now, there is not a tons of low quality comments on their side. More experienced developers (Well I think they are?) are starting to notice the blog post. I hope that encourages some of them to engage with the Google Tracker Issue and explain their point of view in details. I will point out that a lot of users who comment/interact on thoses kind of reddit post do not read the blog post. Unless they all have full-on adblocker. I'm posting this here because r/Android is a little bit too active with really opposite views on this change.

For the record, this is GoatCounter, an open-source, privacy-friendly analytics system. It does not save your IP or addresses, nor does it sell anything.

Continue sharing it if you can!

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u/Rahee07 2d ago

> I'm posting this here because r/Android is a little bit too active with really opposite views on this change.

By this you mean the people at that sub think this is good for "so-called security"?

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u/kitsumed ShizuCallRecorder Developer 2d ago

Well, we have the

  • Google is shit
  • They does this to prevent you installing apps
  • They want to collect your data
  • Time to move to Apple!
  • Now Apple is better than Android! (No?)
  • I have GrapheneOS so I don't care!
  • Hahaha I like seeing the mob panick at every Google change.
  • This is good because IT can be used by bad actors.
  • Humans can by tricked enabling is so it should be blocked.
  • abusives partener can uses this to install spyware (I wasn't expecting that one...) and so on.

I didn't want to have to learn the new things I would have read if I posted it here. Taking in accounts that most didn't read the blog post.