Google Play Adding Android App Verification Metatdata

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Google Play Adding Android App Verification Metatdata

engine

3:04 pm on Jun 25, 2018 (gmt 0)

Google is adding additional security metadata on top of the APKs to verify that the APK was distributed via Google Play. For developers involved in countries where peer-to-peer sharing is popular, this means the app becomes eligible for updates via Google Play. This also means that Play-approved distribution channels will be able to obtain app authenticity when the users comes back online.

[android-developers.googleblog.com...]

keyplyr

2:58 am on Jun 26, 2018 (gmt 0)

With phones costing more than a laptop nowadays, I don't use any apps on my Android phone that do not come from Google Play.

I was doing a real estate deal last year and my agent kept urging me to install their nifty new app to keep abreast of how the escrow was progressing. I had to pass since the app was not a Google Play endorsed app.