Android Developer Verification: Difference between revisions

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{{Ph-I-ConR}}Alongside the announcement, Google provided a Q&A page for existing developers to ask further questions<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Q&A: New Android developer verification requirements |url=https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/361325854 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Play Console Help}}</ref>. There was a range of responses, some with practical questions about the implementation whereas others highlighting key flaws with the plans from both a consumer and developer perspective including:

* The hypocrisy of enforcing security on side loaded apps (i.e. user installed apps not from the playstore) whilst Google's playstore maintains its levels of scamware, malware and adware.

*The hypocrisy of enforcing security on side loaded apps (i.e. user installed apps not from the playstore) whilst Google's playstore maintains its levels of scamware, malware and adware.

* The ambiguity of the announcement leading some to conclude you would have to pay a one time $25 fee to install apps on your own device.

*The ambiguity of the announcement leading some to conclude you would have to pay a one time $25 fee to install apps on your own device.

* Confusion over the requirement to register every package name before it can be installed leading some developers whom beta test multiple versions of the same app to register huge slightly duplicated package names.

*Confusion over the requirement to register every package name before it can be installed leading some developers whom beta test multiple versions of the same app to register huge slightly duplicated package names.

* 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 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.

*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 being published online, including Google's own platform YouTube, about the harms this will cause and the angry user sentiment.

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.

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 {{Ph-I-ConR}}Alongside the announcement, Google provided a Q&A page for existing developers to ask further questions<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Q&A: New Android developer verification requirements |url=https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/361325854 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Play Console Help}}</ref>. There was a range of responses, some with practical questions about the implementation whereas others highlighting key flaws with the plans from both a consumer and developer perspective including:
-* The hypocrisy of enforcing security on side loaded apps (i.e. user installed apps not from the playstore) whilst Google's playstore maintains its levels of scamware, malware and adware.
+*The hypocrisy of enforcing security on side loaded apps (i.e. user installed apps not from the playstore) whilst Google's playstore maintains its levels of scamware, malware and adware.
-* The ambiguity of the announcement leading some to conclude you would have to pay a one time $25 fee to install apps on your own device.
+*The ambiguity of the announcement leading some to conclude you would have to pay a one time $25 fee to install apps on your own device.
-* Confusion over the requirement to register every package name before it can be installed leading some developers whom beta test multiple versions of the same app to register huge slightly duplicated package names.
+*Confusion over the requirement to register every package name before it can be installed leading some developers whom beta test multiple versions of the same app to register huge slightly duplicated package names.
-* 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 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.
+*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 being published online, including Google's own platform YouTube, about the harms this will cause and the angry user sentiment.
+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.
 ==References==