How do I protect my Android game from thief/decompiler?

Hi,

today I really shocked that my Android game (top trending) have been stolen by other developer in playstore, they looks like decompile my apk, and change little bit of my assets (logo, many character, title) and upload it on playstore (still Live).

my question is, how to protect my android game?

I thought new standar android extenstion .aab will protect us from decompiler software like apktool

😭

I don't think there is much you can do, other than report them to Google Play support.

Even if you add some code that validates your logo or app id, an experienced hacker would be able to bypass it.

I don't think there is much you can do, other than report them to Google Play support.

Even if you add some code that validates your logo or app id, an experienced hacker would be able to bypass it.

thank you for your advice, but have you tried minifying the script when export to android?

I'm curious, what game? Can you link to your version and the stolen version?