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docs: correct the signing notes for Play App Signing
Google re-signs Play-delivered apps, so the release key is only the upload key there and signs the AAB we send; the installed app verifies against Google's app signing certificate. The release key also signs the GitHub-release APK.
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# Verifying a subtracks download
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subtracks ships through three channels, each with its own signer:
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subtracks ships through four channels:
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- **GitHub releases and Google Play** — signed with the release key. Every GitHub
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release attaches `subtracks.apk`, a `SHA256SUMS` file and the public certificate
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`release-certificate.pem`.
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- **GitHub releases** — the APK is signed with the release key. Every release
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attaches the public certificate `release-certificate.pem` and a `SHA256SUMS`.
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- **Google Play** — uses Play App Signing, so Google re-signs the app it
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delivers. The release key is only the *upload* key there: it signs the AAB we
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send to Play, not the APK users install. The installed app verifies against
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Google's app signing certificate (Play Console → App integrity), and the upload
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key only proves the AAB we uploaded.
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- **`next` builds** (the `subtracks-next` artifact from CI) — signed with the
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public debug key committed here as [`next-certificate.pem`](next-certificate.pem).
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- **F-Droid** — re-signed by F-Droid with its own key; see F-Droid's published
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@@ -38,3 +42,16 @@ keytool -printcert -file release-certificate.pem # prints its SHA-256
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```
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The signing certificate SHA-256 is also listed in the release notes.
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## Google Play
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The AAB we upload is signed with the release (upload) key, and that is what Play
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checks; Google then re-signs the delivered APKs with its own app signing key. So
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a Play-installed app is verified against Play's app signing certificate (shown in
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Play Console → App integrity), not `release-certificate.pem`.
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To check the AAB that was sent:
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```sh
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keytool -printcert -jarfile app-release.aab
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```
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