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he's asking about using the Open Gapps app, not updating a GApp via Play Store.
I haven't tried it so can't say for certain, but would assume it's works similarly
. . . and flashes through TWRP
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When you download and install OpenGapps package, the apps go into system partition, the same partition as typical Android ROM goes. System partition is read-only during Android runtime and is not affected by factory reset.
When you download, install or update from Playstore, they go into data partition. Data partition will be wiped on factory reset, so if you ever need to do this, you will have to re-install them from Playstore. If Playstore updates the Gapps already on system partition, they also take up space on data partition. Essentially the older copies in the system partition will be disabled in favor of the newer version in data partition.
Free space in system partition is not usable during Android runtime. Unless you prefer to go into exotic & risky measures of re-partition to shrink system partition, it is better just to use as much of system partition as possible. Periodically refreshing Gapps on system partition will free up space on data partition used by Playstore updates.
he's asking about using the Open Gapps app, not updating a GApp via Play Store.
I haven't tried it so can't say for certain, but would assume it's works similarly
. . . and flashes through TWRP
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA Labs
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