There is an app I use regularly (Fite TV) that has gone hardcore on blocking vpn use for non-us stuff. As a result, if I update the app I’ll no longer be able to use it.
Is there a way to set just this one app to not update automatically without stopping it for everything?
Download the APK of the version that works fine for you and save it somewhere safe, IF the current version you have installed updates then uninstall it and reinstall the old version.
If you don't have that APK then something like a backup app can help you to save the APK of the current version you have installed.
Also... sometimes sideloaded apps do not get updated, check that, perhaps that's your solution.
Saludos.
Skit can backup apps even free version
you can go to the playstore and in settings stop the update
Annoyingly.on Android TV, the answer is "no". Its all or nothing. Assuming the app in question isn't a built in app, you may be able to prevent the update by re-signig the apk and installing it, any attempt of updating it should fail because it is signed with a different cert. If it is a built-in app, the only option i can think of is recompiling the apk with different package name, which may be far from trivial, and the app may or may not refuse to work and require additional patching after that.
Back in the early days of Android you could decompile an APK, change the version number in the code, and recompile it. Then the play store wouldn't recognize any updates.
I wish this still existed so I could freeze Plex on one of their rare builds with no bugs.