Android Developer Verification: Difference between revisions

*The confusion over 'development version' apps being installed over ADB (a USB android debugging interface) and how they would persist and whether they need full verification.

*The requirement of app signing thus potentially meaning installing apps requires an internet connection. This essentially bricks the functionality of devices that are intended to be used offline e.g. barcode scanners in supermarkets etc.

There has also been much kickback by the android community with a plethora of videos<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mental Outlaw |date=2025-08-29 |title=Google is Locking Down Android |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1S0SiBuJN8 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BrenTech |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google Will Soon Block Apps from Unverified Developers! Is This The End of Sideloading on Android? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCgnXByGrY |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=TechLore |date=2025-08-27 |title=Android Is Becoming iOS: The End of Sideloading? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGjwtiI8uM |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube}}</ref> being published online, including Google's own platform YouTube, about the harms this will cause and the angry user sentiment.