Building directly for Android beats creating web apps by a mile.

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. There's more than one way to interact with your favorite app. Websites came first, but mobile apps exploded as smartphones ...

A new system service to check if an app is registered to a verified developer will be rolled out this month. Google announced ...

An updated API available to Android app developers can force users to download the app from Google Play, blocking the app from working if it is sideloaded. First announced at Google I/O 2024, the ...

In the new blog post, Google’s Matthew Forsythe confirms that the developer verification system is slated to come online on September 30 of this year. The initial deployment will be limited to ...

Karandeep has been with Android Police as a freelance writer since 2019, covering reviews for India, buyer’s guides for the US, and handy tutorials for everyone. He cares more about the impact of ...

Google will block normal installs of apps from unverified Android developers in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand ...