diff --git a/build-apk.sh b/build-apk.sh
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--- /dev/null
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+cd thirdparty/transistor-background-fetch/android
+./gradlew :tsbackgroundfetch:publishRelease
+cd ../../../
+mkdir android/app/libs
+cp -rf thirdparty/transistor-background-fetch/android/tsbackgroundfetch/build/repo/* android/app/libs
+flutter build apk
+rm -rf android/app/libs
diff --git a/thirdparty/transistor-background-fetch b/thirdparty/transistor-background-fetch
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index 000000000..ed83e96ea
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+Subproject commit ed83e96ea3658b3def42f42eb37490650ddf45e5