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Most apps on Google Play are proprietary and cannot be rebuilt.

• UncleMeat 5y ago
  That is the developer's fault, surely.
  • w4rh4wk5 5y ago
    No, it's the developer's _choice_. The problem is that there are instances where you trust the developer but not the way it is distributed (commonly through Google's app store). I signature from the developer is enough to verify that the app has not been tempered with. With the upcoming change, we loose this verification when using Google's app store.
    • UncleMeat 5y ago
      This has nothing to do with the developer publishing the source and allowing you to build from source or publishing through other channels (the topic of this subthread). Developers can still create key pairs themselves and upload them to Google. So they can still publish their public key if they want and you can be certain that APKs distributed from somewhere other than Play were definitely signed by the developer.