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Get the apps

You can listen to AudioSilo in three places. All three are the same player, with the same screens and the same account.

Where to get it​

Then connect the app to your server. A QR code is quickest.

New features reach the apps through normal updates. If something on these pages is missing from your app, such as CarPlay, podcasts or reading the ebook, update the app.

The home screen on a phone

What the apps add​

The iOS and Android apps do a few things a browser can't do as well:

Books made of many files play gaplessly, as one continuous timeline.

Getting around the app​

On a phone, the tab bar along the bottom has five tabs: Home, Library, Search, Downloads and Me. Each tab keeps its place while you visit the others. See Getting around.

On an iPad or Android tablet, the app uses the web player's wide layout: a top bar, and a player bar along the bottom.

Widgets on iPhone​

The iPhone app has a Continue listening widget for your home screen. It shows the book you're listening to; tap it to open the player.

To add it:

  1. Touch and hold the home screen.
  2. Tap Edit (or +).
  3. Pick AudioSilo.

While a sleep timer runs, it also shows on the lock screen. See the sleep timer. There are no widgets on Android yet.

Android without Google Play​

Each app release on GitHub includes the Android app as an APK file, like AudioSilo-2.5.0.apk. It's the same app as on Google Play, and it often arrives a few days sooner.

Install the APK yourself​

  1. On your phone, open the latest app release.
  2. Under Assets, tap the phone's .apk, like AudioSilo-2.7.0.apk, to download it. The one with wear in its name is for the watch.
  3. Open the downloaded file.
  4. If Android asks, allow the app you opened it from to install unknown apps.
  5. Go back and tap Install.

This app doesn't update itself. To update, install the next release's APK over the top. Your downloads and sign-in stay.

The release also has a Wear OS watch APK, like AudioSilo-wear-2.7.0.apk. A phone app from GitHub only talks to a watch app from GitHub. See Install both apps from the same place.

Let Obtainium keep it up to date​

Obtainium is a free Android app that installs apps from their GitHub releases and tells you about updates.

  1. Install Obtainium from its releases page, the same way as above. app-release.apk works on any phone.
  2. In Obtainium, open Add app.
  3. Paste https://github.com/KodeStar/audiosilo-frontend as the App source URL and tap Add.
  4. Tap Install, and allow Obtainium to install unknown apps if Android asks. If it asks which APK, pick the phone's, without wear in its name.

Obtainium then checks for new releases in the background and offers each update.

Pick one source and stay with it​

The Google Play app and the APK can't update each other. To switch, uninstall the app, then install it from the other source.

Uninstalling removes your downloaded books, the app's sign-ins and any profiles on the phone. Your progress, bookmarks and favourites are safe on your server. Open the app online before you uninstall, so offline progress syncs first.

Android Auto and an APK

With the APK, AudioSilo shows in Android Auto only after one extra setting. See Listen in the car.