installation app blocked by play protect

Question

When trying to install a signed application  app-release apk   a  Blocked by Play Protect  alert is shown and the app is not installed  However  an unsigned application   app-debug apk  can be installed without problems   The error message       Play Protect doesn t recognise this app s developer  Apps from unknown developers can sometimes be unsafe    Why this error happened  What s the solution

User · Answer

it is due to expired of debug certificate simply delete the debug.keystore located at

C:\Users\.android\

after that build your project the build tools will regenerate a new key and it will work fine. here is a reference:

https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing

User · Answer

Try to create a new key store and replace with old one  then rebuild a new signed APK   Update  Note that if you re using a http connection with server  you should use SSL   Take a look at  https   developer android com distribute best-practices develop understand-play-policies

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I am adding this answer for others who are still seeking a solution to this problem if you don t want to upload your app on playstore then temporarily there is a workaround for this problem   Google is providing safety device verification api which you need to call only once in your application and after that your application will not be blocked by play protect   Here are there the links   https   developer android com training safetynet attestation verify-attestation-response  Link for sample code project   https   github com googlesamples android-play-safetynet

User · Answer

There are three options to get rid of this warning    You need to disable Play Protect in Play Store -  Play Protect -  Settings Icon -  Scan Device for security threats  Publish app at Google Play Store Submit an Appeal to the Play Protect

User · Answer

the only solution worked for me was using java keytool and generating a  keystore file the command line and then use that  keystore file to sign my app   you can find the java keytool at this directory C  Program Files Java jre7 bin  open a command window and switch to that directory and enter a command like this  keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key keystore -alias alias name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000   Keytool prompts you to provide passwords for the keystore  your name   company etc   note that at the last prompt you need to enter yes   It then generates the keystore as a file called my-release-key keystore in the directory you re in  The keystore and key are protected by the passwords you entered  The keystore contains a single key  valid for 10000 days  The alias is a name that you     will use later  to refer to this keystore when signing your application   For more information about Keytool  see the documentation at  http   docs oracle com javase 6 docs technotes tools windows keytool html   and for more information on signing Android apps go here  http   developer android com tools publishing app-signing html

User · Answer

the solution lies in creating a new key when generating the signed apk   this worked for me  without a fuss    click on Build click generate signed Bundle APK    choose either Bundle   APK  in my case APK  and click Next click on create new  make sure you have a keystore path on the machine  after everything  click finish to generate your signed apk   when you install  the warning will not come

User · Answer

I found the solution  Go to the link below and submit your application   Play Protect Appeals Submission Form  After a few days  the problem will be fixed

User · Answer

Not the solution  but you can use debug key for signing release builds to avoid blocking the installation from Google Play Protect  It looks like Play Protect doesn t warn for builds signed with automatically generated debug keystore   Note that your debug builds are not unsigned  they are just signed with a debug key   Of course  you cannot use the build for production distribution  Google Play  Amazon  etc    but it s still worth for pre-production internal testing which requires a high-frequency feedback loop   You can add a task to build release with debug keystore by adding the configuration in build gradle  something like   android     buildTypes          add after the  release  definition     releaseDebugKey   initWith release          signingConfigs          use debug keystore for releaseDebugKey builds     releaseDebugKey   initWith debug           then execute   gradlew assembleReleaseDebugKey to build a release build with debug key

User · Answer

If you are using some trackers like google analytics or amplitude and you are trying to release your app in another platforms other than Google Play  this errors appears for users  So there are two possible solutions    Use special trackers in your app  firebase and appmetrica are tested and are ok  Release your app in Google Play

User · Answer

I solved this problem by changing my application package name according to signature certificate details  At first I created application with com foo xyz but my certificate organization was  bar   So I change my package name to com bar xyz and now there is no google play protect warning

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Google play finds you  as developer via your keystore   and maybe your country IP is banned on Google when you generate your new keystore   change your IP Address and generate new keystore  the problem will be fixed   if you didn t succeed  use another Gmail in Android Studio and generate new keystore

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