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by dr_kiszonka 805 days ago
I am very curious about this too. Wouldn't this allow you to remotely inject malware into an app? For my own, non-malicious, project, I'd love for this to work, but I don't want the app store gods to wreak vengeance on me.

UPDATE: I found this.

Examples of SDK-caused violations

Your app includes an SDK that downloads executable code, such as dex files or native code, from a source other than Google Play.

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There are some limitations on what code push is allowed to do. Shorebird's docs[0] go over some of the details for the Play and App stores.

[0] https://docs.shorebird.dev/faq#does-shorebird-comply-with-pl...

Thanks! It doesn't seem like they address the specific policy I referenced. Hopefully, they if add it soon.