Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-08 Thread Kristopher Micinski
I have some severe doubts that unpackaging would include rewriting on the device side in standard AOSP, simply because it's open source and that unpackaging code is publicly available and people can easily snoop it to see what's happening. Instead, the typical use case for this is rewriting at the

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-07 Thread Richard Schilling
I had the pleasure of being one of the developers on the Amazon App store. Nikolay is correct in that when the Amazon appstore was first released the intention (if memory serves) was to handle things server-side. There was some client-side code that was needed make sure that person using an app

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Richard Schilling wrote: > 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: >

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Kristopher Micinski
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Richard Schilling wrote: > I think you're right Kristopher that there is something in the TOS. But, > seeing as how we all know Google can decompile any app it gets anyway I > think there's also something in the TOS that binds Google to protecting > your intellectu

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
I think you're right Kristopher that there is something in the TOS. But, seeing as how we all know Google can decompile any app it gets anyway I think there's also something in the TOS that binds Google to protecting your intellectual property. But hey - if it prevents people from swiping a pa

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Kristopher Micinski
If the stores do this, they probably say so in their TOS, it seems legally dubious to modify your app without your consent. Kris On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Richard Schilling wrote: > It's possible that some stores will modify your app to add some Digital > Rights Management checks to help

[android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
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-summ