Is developer.android.com safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on developer.android.com, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is 29 years old, registered on June 23, 1997 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.

developer.android.com has a Safety Score of 95/100 (Safe). The saved checks and analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from developer.android.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from developer.android.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged developer.android.com, 1 of them as outright malicious in the saved analysis from October 5, 2026. None of these detections came from the engines we treat as highest-confidence, so they are weighed alongside the other checks rather than on their own.

No — developer.android.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.

developer.android.com is 29 years old, registered on June 23, 1997 through MarkMonitor Inc. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.

Yes — developer.android.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WR2, valid for another 63 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".

developer.android.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.

This report is a record of the scan run on October 8, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about developer.android.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.