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The linked article doesn't entirely accurately describe the new restriction. This restriction only applies to apps that are sideloaded via a user-supplied APK f
by MishaalRahman 4y ago
The linked article doesn't entirely accurately describe the new restriction. This restriction only applies to apps that are sideloaded via a user-supplied APK file, and only if the app that's doing the sideloading hasn't implemented the session-based package installation API. Apps like Files by Google and APKMirror Installer, neither of which are app stores, will not trigger this behavior when sideloading other apps, because both use the session-based API.
I mention the [full nuances of this change over on Esper](https://blog.esper.io/android-13-sideloading-restriction-harder-malware-abuse-accessibility-apis/ https://blog.esper.io/android-13-sideloading-restriction-har...), which is the source linked to in the Android Police article.