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I have an Android app published to Google Play Store (and its apk file is also published to some Chinese stores by somebody that I don't know). Today I noticed a very strange situation in Google Analytics data: I never release version 1.6.3, but I noticed it is there, having 37 sessions and keep increasing. I notice that all 37 sessions are from China. I can understand if they just publish my apk file to a store, but how can they modify my app version as well? And what can I do for this?

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  • Check black market in China stores. They may clone your app, change your App version & distribute without your authorization. – Raptor Aug 03 '14 at 14:30
  • @Raptor so what can I do for this? – Hải Phong Aug 03 '14 at 14:34
  • change your Google Analytics tracking code by using a new profile. – Raptor Aug 03 '14 at 14:35
  • that's just a temporary solution. If I change my Analytics code then they will again edit my new apk.... Is there anything I can do to prevent this editing of my app? And is this kind of piracy popular for most Android app? – Hải Phong Aug 03 '14 at 14:39
  • Did you use `proguard` to protect your codes? – Raptor Aug 03 '14 at 14:42
  • No I did not. I thought `proguard` is only effective for obfuscating my source code, not things like app version, app name, package name.... But I'm not sure though. Will it help in this case? – Hải Phong Aug 03 '14 at 14:46
  • They always can modify your app as well as app version but with proguard it is much harder. – AppiDevo Dec 28 '17 at 11:24

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