Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead - eviltoast
"Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.

“Select Play Partners” can block unofficial installation of their apps.

  • Mountaineer@aussie.zoneEnglish
    221·
    2 months ago

    Sounds like this is something developers bake into their apps, not something the phone enforces.

    ie, if I develop an app, I can have the app check a special google “Integrity” API and if I get no response (or a negative response), just have the app close.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      This is exactly what it is. It is not enabled by default, a developer has to specifically enable it. Meaning the developer wants to force you through the Play Store for whatever reason they may have.