X Patches

Patch bundle for X (Twitter), maintained by Stan Ponomarev.

Patch

Disable outdated version screen

Prevents X from entering its client-shutdown state when the configured minimum version is newer than the installed app. It also ignores shutdown state already persisted by an unpatched installation, restoring app access without hiding only the update UI.

Target

• Package: com.twitter.android
• Version: 12.7.1-release.0 (312071000)
• Input type: APKM
• Minimum Android API: 28

Prerequisites

• Java 21
• The target twitter.apkm in the repository root for integration testing
• GitHub Packages credentials in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties:

gpr.user = your-github-username
gpr.key = your-read-packages-token

Build

./gradlew :patches:buildAndroid

The bundle is written to patches/build/libs/patches-1.0.0.mpp.

Integration test

./gradlew :patches:integrationTest

The Kotlin integration test downloads the pinned Morphe Desktop release, verifies its SHA-256 checksum, applies only this patch to twitter.apkm, and checks the resulting APK and Morphe patching report. The verified Morphe JAR is cached under patches/build/verification/tools.

Apply manually

java -jar morphe-desktop-*-all.jar patch \
  --patches patches/build/libs/patches-1.0.0.mpp \
  --exclusive \
  --enable="Disable outdated version screen" \
  --out twitter-patched.apk \
  twitter.apkm

Add as a Morphe patch source

For a local source, open Sources → + → Local in Morphe and select the built .mpp file.

After a release has populated patches-bundle.json, add the following address under Sources → + → Remote:

https://git.krtss.de/StanPonomarev/twitter-patch/raw/branch/main/patches-bundle.json

Remote sources update automatically from the release bundle referenced by that metadata file.

Project

• Repository: https://git.krtss.de/StanPonomarev/twitter-patch
• Author: Stan Ponomarev
• Contact: contact@krtss.de

License

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.