Hacker News with Generative AI: Google Play

Prepare your apps for Google Play's 16 KB page size compatibility requirement (googleblog.com)
Starting November 1st, 2025, all new apps and updates to existing apps submitted to Google Play and targeting Android 15+ devices must support 16 KB page sizes.

Android Development, Mobile Apps, Google Play, App Updates, Compatibility

64 points by ingve 11 hours ago | 38 comments

Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year (techcrunch.com)
Google Play’s app marketplace is losing apps.

Google Play, App Stores, Mobile Apps, Tech Industry, Decline

355 points by GeekyBear 9 days ago | 269 comments

Show HN: I open-sourced a tool to compare Google Play apps side-by-side (clashofapps.com)
Our platform analyzes Google Play Store app reviews, helping developers and product managers identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.

Open Source, Google Play, App Development, Reviews, Competitor Analysis

14 points by ntorresdev 35 days ago | 1 comments

Google Play adding permissions we don't use, then failing us for lacking reason (ycombinator.com)
We have 10 learning apps that have been in mobile stores for over 12 years and make 7 figure revenue yearly (we are legit, though not Epic). They are all the same code base and utilize the same permissions etc, just vertical specific assets and content.

Android, Mobile Apps, Google Play, Permissions, Revenue

7 points by MobileVet 91 days ago | 2 comments

Google removed 2.36M apps from Google Play using AI threat detection (googleblog.com)
Android and Google Play comprise a vibrant ecosystem with billions of users around the globe and millions of helpful apps. Keeping this ecosystem safe for users and developers remains our top priority.

Android, Google Play, Security, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Apps

73 points by isaacfrond 95 days ago | 39 comments

SpyLoan Android malware on Google Play installed 8M times (bleepingcomputer.com)
A new set of 15 SpyLoan apps with over 8 million installs was discovered on Google Play, targeting primarily users from South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Android Security, Malware, Mobile Apps, Google Play

6 points by romperstomper 160 days ago | 0 comments

My Google developer account was terminated and I can't open a new account (stackoverflow.com)
"Your account has been terminated under Section 8.3 or 10.3 of Google Play's Developer Distribution Agreement".

Google Accounts, Developer Accounts, Account Termination, Google Play

8 points by okanaktas 186 days ago | 3 comments

Google Play killed my game and won't tell me why (antiidlereborn.com)
Google Play has “terminated” me – Current situation

Google Play, Mobile Games, Business, App Stores

136 points by xy2_ 210 days ago | 69 comments

11M devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play (arstechnica.com)
Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery—a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app was infected with code that caused 100 million infected devices to connect to attacker-controlled servers and download secret payloads.

Cybersecurity, Android, Google Play, Malware, Botnets

5 points by hassanahmad 227 days ago | 0 comments

Organic Maps rejected from Google Play: non-complied to Families Program policy (github.com/organicmaps)
Expected Store Submission: TBD Expected Full Rollout to TBD Release Manager: TBD

Android, Google Play, Mapping Software, Open Source

19 points by edward 240 days ago | 0 comments

I lost my Google Play dev account (reddit.com)

Android Development, Google Play, Developer Accounts

199 points by BeefySwain 259 days ago | 90 comments

Google Play rejecting app update without substantive reason (github.com/syncthing)

Google Play, Android Development

74 points by proactivesvcs 302 days ago | 21 comments