Installer 5 release candidate 5 has been released for beta testing

[Sammy Guichelaar]

Installer 5
Version: Release candidate 5
Released: Thursday 12th of December​

Today we're happy to release Release Candidate 5 to our beta testers. This is yet again a bug update. One of the most important changes is that Installer now always runs as mobile, rather than escalating privileges during Installation.
This means lots of random crashes have now been solved. It also addresses some issues caused by yesterdays commits.

Two weeks ago, we released release cadidate 1. See for the changelog & release notes see
Important - Installer 5 release candidate has been released for beta testing

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Changelog

1. Fixed multiple crashes caused by privilege escalation
2. Added ATVerboseStyleBlue usage for the "No more running tasks" text
3. Added badge to FeaturedViewController nav bar
4. Added check to attempt to recover from failed database migration by deleting the database in this situation and continuing as normal
5. Added faster checking for existing source entries
6. Added groot (root tool)
7. Added haptic touch to copy device specs on the featured page Device Specifications label
8. Cleanup some of the corrupted repository search results
9. Disabled navigation title for the SourceViewController
10. Fix respring PIA action always working for substrate/substitute packages
11. Fixed "No more running tasks" appearing repeatedly if partially dismissing the verbose view on iOS 13
12. Fixed all constraints in SettingsController storyboard
13. Fixed an issue where certain tweaks caused issues with UISwitches
14. Fixed an issue where sharesheets would be empty and closed automatically
15. Fixed an issue where sharesheets would sometimes cause a crash
16. Fixed font warnings in SettingsController storyboard
17. Fixed issue with ATRPackageManager where it could try to add a duplicate default source for the checkra1n jailbreak
18. Fixed large titles in PackagesConfirmationViewController
19. Fixed layout warnings for PackageDetails storyboard
20. Fixed layout warnings in RepoTransferViewController storyboard
21. Fixed miss-colored buttons when using darkmode in the SourceViewController
22. Fixed missing navigation items in the SourceViewController
23. Fixed more issues caused by privilege escalation
24. Fixed the taskProgresssView showing on the DeveloperDetailsView
25. Fixed tint color usage in PackagesConfirmationViewController
26. Fixed use of large titles in the TasksViewController
27. Fixes an issue where keyboard would sometimes revert back to iOS default
28. Improved search performance
29. Installer now always runs as mobile instead of escalating permissions during Installation
30. Minor refactoring of ATRSources
31. Refactored navigation items for SourceViewController
32. Removed iAmGroot
33. Removed root checks for share-sheets
34. Removed root escalation methods
35. Reverted 2d77621 (source refresh speed enhancement) due to it causing packages to be skipped during refresh
36. Runs developer and repository search on a background thread
37. Show newly added repos in the tableView faster
38. Time Since Last Refresh labels now update themselves in the Manage tab
39. Updated ATAPTManager to use groot commands
40. switch to primary key package lookup instead of location query, for faster indexed lookup
41. switch to primary key source lookup instead of location query, for faster indexed lookup
42. When switching to search immediately after opening the app Installer crashes.

Known Bugs

1. Lag when switching tabs (most notably when switching back to the manage tab) [Cause known, fix coming as soon as possible]

How to get Installer 5 RC5
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