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There's a very clear difference between native apps and web apps in my mind. EDIT: I should make very clear to non-developers out there that, with a native app
by rmrfrmrf 13y ago
There's a very clear difference between native apps and web apps in my mind.
EDIT: I should make very clear to non-developers out there that, with a native app, you're able to display a web browser without a URL bar or any other UI, which makes it exceedingly easy to trick people into thinking that they're at an official PayPal site or other shenanigans that the unscrupulous dev wants to try.
More information: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebVi...
- ceejayoz 13y ago> EDIT: I should make very clear to non-developers out there that, with a native app, you're able to display a web browser without a URL bar or any other UI, which makes it exceedingly easy to trick people into thinking that they're at an official PayPal site or other shenanigans that the unscrupulous dev wants to try. Nothing's stopping a non-standard browser (Opera, Firefox, etc.) from doing that, and they're permitted on Android. Hell, you could do it on iOS, too.
- rmrfrmrf 13y agoare you trying to miss the point?
- ceejayoz 13y agoAre you? A custom browser can be designed to quietly send people accessing PayPal off to a phishing site just as easily as an app integrating a PayPal payment method. If Google's going to use that sort of attack as a reason to prevent non-IAP payments, they should be banning non-Google browsers too.