You're most likely right. I was under the impression that they just did a basic anti-malware scan on your app, but that seems to have changed back in 2015. Odd

You're most likely right. I was under the impression that they just did a basic anti-malware scan on your app, but that seems to have changed back in 2015. Oddly enough, this doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere in the Google help pages or Android docs. This blog post [1] is the closest thing to an official confirmation I managed to find. [1]: https://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/03/creating-better-user-experiences-on.html https://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/03/creating-bet...