And, whether or not that date has anything to do with a "release date" is indeterminate, since there is no canonical definition of "release date".
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Jon Larimer <jlari...@gmail.com> wrote: > APKs are just zip files, which include a timestamp as part of the file > metadata for each file. If you check the timestamp on the classes.dex file > inside of the APK, it should tell you the date it was built. Of course, it > can be easily faked or the developer's clock could be wrong. > > -jon > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:37 PM, michael <xuetao....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, all, >> >> I need to know the release date of the apk files. Do you know how to >> do that? >> >> the property only shows the download date of the apk file. How to >> find the exact release date inside the apk files? >> >> Thanks a lot for your help. >> >> >> Best, >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Security Discussions" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To post to this group, send email to > android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 4.1 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.