which apps should have this flag enable "REQUIRE_SECURE_ENV"

Question

Google has updated its policy today and require this new property in manifest file "REQUIRE_SECURE_ENV" mentioned in their document here. I don't understand which sort of application are using "on-device Android container" and how do I know whether my application(Category: Utility) is requiring this property in manifest or not?. Can anyone please elaborate about it. Thanks.

Answer 1

If your app loads third-party APKs into its own app space, and those apps reasonably execute as if they are installed in a normal Android environment due to your app intercepting and potentially proxying calls, your app is considered an on-device Android container app.

One popular example of an on-device Android container technology is "Anbox" (Android in a Box). Anbox allows you to run Android applications on a Linux-based system, such as Android apps on Ubuntu or other Linux distributions. It uses containerization technology, such as LXC (Linux Containers), to create a secure and isolated environment for running Android applications.

Apps can add this flag to their manifest to indicate they don't want to be run in an On-device Android Container

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