Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release?

From	Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release?
Date	2024-07-14 15:27 +0200
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Andrew, 2024-07-12 16:09:

> Arno Welzel wrote on Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:37:14 +0200 :
> 
>> Apps can just be published without any test at all. Google only checks
>> for known malicious elements with automated tests and blocks apps which
>> are considedered to be harmful.
>> But testing with real devices and different Android versions is still
>> the responsibility of the publisher. You may just have bad luck since
>> Xiaomi also implements their own UI including changing the behaviour of
>> the graphics output (e.g. custom "dark mode" even for apps which do not
>> support that etc.). Maybe this causes some problems with that game.
>>
>> You can report this to the publisher - maybe they will provide an update
>> to fix this. However if no one ever reports issues like this, they will
>> never get fixed.
> 
> Arno and Andy know a lot more than I ever will about Android, so I will
> defer to them - but there is on-device scanning also that Google does.
> 
> As I recall, every app that is installed, no matter how it's installed and
> nor matter where it came from, is scanned by default upon installation.

Correct - this is the kind of virus scanner provided by Google Play
Services. If an app is found to be a known malware, the user will be
informed about this.

> This is, of course, with the default Google Play Store client settings,
> even though the app may have nothing whatsoever to do with the Play Store.
> 
> In addition, once a day, by default, it's my understanding that Google
> scans again every app on your device for malicious signatures.

Correct.

> But, as Arno mentioned also - these scans are only malware signature scans.

Correct.

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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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