Ice Box

[arinjim-191]

this helps to block unnecessary app

[Hamster45105]

Hi!

Can you please provide a link to the app download page?

All I can find is the app on Google Play and Google Play apps are not supported by Obtainium.

[LightWayUp]

This is the website of the author of Ice Box: https://www.catchingnow.com/#-ice-box

The app documentation lists several distribution channels:

• Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catchingnow.icebox
• CoolApk: https://coolapk.com/apk/com.catchingnow.icebox
• Tencent App Market: https://sj.qq.com/myapp/detail.htm?apkName=com.catchingnow.icebox
  • The page doesn't display anything about Ice Box, maybe the app is not available there anymore?
• Telegram: https://t.me/iceboxapp
  • Messages and attachments aren't publicly viewable

CoolApk app details page contains static download links, in the format

https://dl.coolapk.com/down?pn=com.catchingnow.icebox&id=MjAyMTk&h=<alphanumerics>&from=click

• pn is the package name of Ice Box
• id is probably the ID assigned to the app used internally by CoolApk
• h is a string of alphabet letters and numbers

The h parameter is generated server-side, corresponding to a session identified by cookie SESSID. If the session cookie and the URL parameter are correct, the server will send an APK file, otherwise it'll send an error page with status code 404.

Because Obtainium doesn't use sessions, it loads the page https://coolapk.com/apk/com.catchingnow.icebox and is able to extract the current version and a download link, but the download link can't be used to get the APK file when the user presses Install/Update button.

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Configuration

I created a track-only configuration to track Ice Box updates from CoolApk, which may or may not be helpful depending on the use case, but I hope it can still be beneficial to users of Obtainium and Ice Box.
To add the configuration to Obtainium, you can tap the above link, or wait for changes to be merged and website to be updated, then search for "Ice Box".

The app version string is extracted from the page and displayed in Obtainium, but version detection is disabled because version strings like 3.25.3 C don't conform to any standard versioning formats.

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I see Ice Box on Aptoide as well, which is a source Obtainium supports. However, do note that it is not an official distribution channel of Ice Box, so the authenticity of the app and timely updates cannot be ensured.