Detecting Unofficial Installation

Users can share a copy of the application on unofficial stores or various pirate forums. While some users download these copies to avoid paying for the product, they can include unknown and possibly dangerous modifications. Verifying an official installation consequently protects both the users and the owner. This reaction is also triggered, if you install the application through alternative ways like unofficial store or Xcode build.

Below are code snippets demonstrating detection of unofficial installation across various platforms:

// Android
override fun onUntrustedInstallationSourceDetected() {...}

// iOS
case unofficialStore

// Flutter
onUnofficialStore: () => print("Unofficial store")

// Cordova 
unofficialStore: () => {
    // Place your reaction here 
}

// React Native
unofficialStore: () => {
    // Place your reaction here 
}

// Capacitor
unofficialStore: () => {
    // Place your reaction here 
}

Recommended action: Notify users that the application is installed from an unofficial store. In some cases, it is recommended to even kill the application.

Define alternative supported stores

If you want to define which applications can install the application, insert its package name in the supportedAlternativeStores (or supportedStores on Flutter) parameter. If you publish on Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, App Store (iOS), and TestFlight (iOS), you don't need to assign anything, as they are already supported out of the box.

Store / Distribution method	Package name	Notes
App Store (iOS)		Included by default, no action needed
TestFlight (iOS)		Included by default, no action needed
Google Play		Included by default, no action needed
Huawei AppGallery		Included by default, no action needed
Firebase App Distribution	dev.firebase.appdistribution
Samsung Galaxy Store	com.sec.android.app.samsungapps	Common on Samsung devices
Vivo App Store	com.vivo.appstore	Common on Vivo devices
HeyTap	com.heytap.market	Common on Realme and Oppo devices
Oppo App Market	com.oppo.market	Common on Oppo devices
GetApps	com.xiaomi.mipicks	Common on Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices

The application can also be installed by "cloning" apps, which users employ to transfer apps between devices. The following list comprises popular examples of such apps. By default, freeRASP categorizes them as installations from an unofficial store .

Mover / Cloner app	Package name
Mi Mover (Xiaomi)	com.miui.huanji
Phone Clone (Huawei)	com.hicloud.android.clone
Samsung Smart Switch	com.sec.android.easyMover
Samsung Cloud for Wear OS	com.samsung.android.scloud
OPPO Clone Phone	com.coloros.backuprestore
EasyShare (Vivo)	com.vivo.easyshare
Clone Phone (OnePlus)	com.oneplus.backuprestore
SHAREit (Lenovo)	com.lenovo.anyshare.gps
SHAREit Lite	shareit.lite
ShareMe (Xiaomi)	com.xiaomi.midrop
MIUI Backup (Xiaomi)	com.miui.backup
Phone Clone (Honor)	com.hihonor.android.clone

Finally, it's very common application gets installed through browser, file manager, cloud storage or various messaging apps. By default, freeRASP categorizes them as installations from unofficial store.