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Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code

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On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 05:55:59 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote :


>>Google is tightening Android app security by requiring all developers 
>>(whether they publish on the Play Store or sideload apps) to verify their 
>>identities. 
>>
>>Starting in 2026, only apps from verified developers will be installable on 
>>most certified Android devices
> 
> I wonder if this Amazon Fire HD10 tablet I'm posting with is a certified
>  Android device in Google's opinion? Because I side loaded and signed into
>  the Google Play Store on it and thus get apps from both stores (Google and
>  the tablet's installed Amazon Appstore). Most of Google's store stuff runs
>  just fine on Amazon's forked Android version. Also much side loaded stuff.
>  Anyway it would be ironic if Google stopped me side loading unauthorized
>  apps because on this tablet Google IS an unauthorized side loaded app...

Hi AJL,

This bothers me a lot as now we can't compile our own APKs without signing
up for a Google verified developer, which destroys our privacy just like
iOS destroys our privacy in an instant by requiring those matrix logins.

I'm glad you responded as you did, as it didn't occur to me that some
"Android" devices might not be considered a "certified Android device".

Looking it up, apparently the Amazon Fire HD 10 runs Fire OS, which is a
heavily customized fork of Android. While it's technically Android-based,
it's apparently not certified by Google under the Android Compatibility
Program. 

I think that means it doesn't come with Google Mobile Services (GMS) pre
installed, and from what I read just now, it may very well be that Amazon
doesn't submit Fire tablets for Google's certification process.

So when Google says "most certified Android devices," they're perhaps
referring to devices that have passed compatibility testing and are
officially recognized by Google, such as the ubiquitous Samsung Galaxy
tablets or Pixel devices. 

I don't have a crystal ball, but I do see very clearly how Apple locked up
control of iOS such that it can't do half of what Android can do.

The problem is that if Google enforces this identity verification rule
strictly, it's possible that apps from unverified developers might not
install or run properly, even on sideload-friendly devices like yours. 

Whether that enforcement will extend to uncertified devices like Fire
tablets is unclear to me, but it's definitely something to watch over.

The only solution I can see for typical devices is each and every one of us
has to become an official Google developer - which seems crazy to me as
that's the Apple model which caused iOS to have half the functionality of
Android. Sigh. 

It's a bad direction, IMHO, for Google to take just because they want to
wrest control and claim it's being done for reasons that are said to be
safety (as that's clearly a lie).

It's all about control.

The question now is what happens to 3rd-party repos and src code compiles?

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Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 09:23 +0000
  Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 17:56 +0000
  Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-26 03:54 +0000
    Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-26 07:12 +0000
    Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-08-26 09:22 +0200
    Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-08-26 13:18 +0200
      Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-08-26 14:35 +0200
        Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-27 00:31 +0000
        Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-27 00:33 +0000
        Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-08-29 18:55 +0200

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