[guardian-dev] Android App Bundles

Michael Rogers michael at briarproject.org
Thu Apr 29 05:53:55 EDT 2021


For what it's worth, the Briar team is planning to register a few 
placeholder apps with signing keys that we can use for publishing future 
apps beyond the deadline. Might be worthwhile for Guardian to do the same?

Cheers,
Michael

On 28/04/2021 20:06, Amogh Pradeep wrote:
> Hey Nathan,
> 
> 
> Here are the links!
> 
> 
> Since this feature has been around since 2018, and its being forced to
> be a default for new apps, I'm concerned that it'll become the default
> for all apps soon :/
> 
> 
> [0] https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle
> [1]
> https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/11/new-android-app-bundle-and-target-api.html
> 
> On 4/29/21 12:24 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
>> Hey, Amogh!
>>
>> I didn't see the links in your email. Can you send again?
>>
>> Otherwise, yeah, that is a huge bummer, if so.
>>
>> On 4/28/21 1:50 PM, Amogh Pradeep wrote:
>>> Hey everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>> Android App Bundles [0] seem to be a requirement for all *new apps*
>>> starting August 2021 [1].
>>>
>>> The blog post doesn't explicitly point it out but this would mean all
>>> APKs would be generated and signed by Google Play.
>>>
>>> I can see this being a problem for Guardian Project and other
>>> organizations like Tor, is there a discussion on this that I'm missing?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope everyone is staying safe!
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Amogh
>>>
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