Re:Google sunsets the APK format for new Android apps
by nextweek2 on Friday July 02, 2021 @02:13PM
(#27714836)
I had to go look it up, the clause was:
Issue: Violation of Malicious Behavior policy
With this as the explanation:
Potentially malicious external APKs within the App.
The App had a link to our website on it's dashboard, our website had a download for all installers (we're cross-platform) and it was the same APK but because of potential for it being malicious, they suspended the app with no recourse. (We did remove the APK download, but couldn't update the App to remove the link to the website)
This was in 2018 and we had been in the store for about a year at that point. It was a patch update that triggered it.
With this as the explanation: Potentially malicious external APKs within the App.
The App had a link to our website on it's dashboard, our website had a download for all installers (we're cross-platform) and it was the same APK but because of potential for it being malicious, they suspended the app with no recourse. (We did remove the APK download, but couldn't update the App to remove the link to the website)
This was in 2018 and we had been in the store for about a year at that point. It was a patch update that triggered it.