What is the different between Android signed certification vs a platform certification ?
What is the different between Android signed certification vs a platform certification ?
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What is the different between Android signed certification vs a platform certification ?
Every application installed on an Android device needs to be signed with a certificate or the emulator/device will refuse to run it.
During testing/debugging the Android tools will automatically create a test certificate and sign the app with it when deploying to the emulator or a physical device. For releases e.g. to the Android market the developer has to create a certificate and use it to sign the app; using the same certificate to sign updates to an app allows Android devices to recognize it being from the same developer.
Applications signed with a platform certificate can obtain additional privileges, e.g. rebooting, shutting down or even bricking a phone.
On unrooted (retail) Android phones, there is usually no way to sign your own application with a platform certificate as these are kept private by OEMs (Samsung, HTC, etc.) or Google. On rooted phones, you can install a custom ROM with a platform certificate of your own and also sign apps with that — with all the consequences.