If you want to be a successful app developer, learning how to code and build apps is only part of the challenge. For anyone to buy your creation, you also need to upload it to the Google Play Store.

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements. Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, even if ...

Your papers, please.

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store. For apps on ...