My app was getting Google Play's automatic protection (the installer check) up through version 103 (Aug 31). From 104 onward (Sept 7) it stopped. The com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE permission and all the com.pairip.licensecheck classes are simply gone from the APKs Play serves.
Then I went back in git to the exact commit that built 103, changed only the versionCode, and uploaded it. Same source that Google protected before. It came back unprotected.
That probably rules out my code. So I checked the rest of the prerequisites. minSDK is 24, ABIs are the four Google lists and unchanged. All 64-bit native libraries are 16 KB aligned; the 4 KB ones are 32-bit, which are exempt. No code transparency. Uploading app bundles, Play App Signing on, going to the internal testing track and not internal app sharing.
And Play Console still shows Automatic protection as active with installer checks on. That's the part I can't square. The console says the feature is running, the APK it hands users says otherwise.
Not sure whats the issue. Anyone having similar experience?
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