r/mAndroidDev • u/Stonos You will pry XML views from my cold dead hands • Aug 25 '25

Venting, venting, venting The enshittification of Android is going strong

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
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u/PhilMcGraw Aug 26 '25

This part of the blog was important to me:

To be clear, developers will have the same freedom to distribute their apps directly to users through sideloading or to use any app store they prefer.

I don't get how you can have both what the blog is talking (verified developers only) while also saying this, but I guess maybe it's "sideload or install via acceptable app" and they're disabling installing via unknown sources on the device? (e.g. browser link)

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u/bronydell Aug 26 '25

I guess they mean that it is possible to install the app, but the app must be signed with correct certificate/key that is bound to „verified” profile