About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

Google’s new developer ID rule may tighten Android security — or end its open-source freedom. Here’s what’s at stake.

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

For years, one of Android’s defining traits has been the freedom to sideload apps—installing them from outside the Play Store ...

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

To use ADB with your Android device, you must enable a feature called "USB Debugging." Open your phone's app drawer, tap the Settings icon, and select "About Phone." Scroll all the way down and tap ...

According to Pixalate’s SDK market share research, IAB OM Open Measurement OMSDK, Meta Audience Network, and Unity Ads are the leading mobile app ad SDKs for Google Play Store apps; AppLovin, Meta ...

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when offline.

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...