It's possible that some stores will modify your app to add some Digital Rights Management checks to help prevent hacking. You might have to look into the Android Source code to see what happens. There is a DRM package in the API:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/drm/package-summary.html Hope that helps. Cheers, Richard On Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:27:36 AM UTC-7, gauri wrote: > > Hello, > > The android app downloaded/purchased from Google Play is stored in > "/data/app" directory. > Does Play Store or android system modify the apk after download? > I have calculated message digest of apk before it's upload to Play store. > I am calculating message digest of the downloaded apk (present at > /data/app) and verifying it with the digest stored in my app. > When I purchase it from Play store, after my app launch, digest > verification is getting failed. > I found that the message digest which I have stored in app and the digest > which I am calculating at run time are differing. > Am I going in right direction? > > Thanks. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

