1. A method, comprising: in a computing device: receiving, by an application store, a request from an application developer to approve an application for release in the application store, wherein the application is associated with the application developer and wherein the request comprises application data and wherein the application data comprises a resource manifest and a file whitelist, wherein the resource manifest comprises one or more resource items and wherein the file whitelist comprises one or more file items; analyzing the request based on application data; determining whether the application may be released in the application store based on the analyzing; and releasing an approved application to the application store in response to the request to approve the application for release in the application store, wherein the approved application comprises an approved resource manifest and an approved file whitelist, wherein the approved resource manifest comprises one or more approved resource items, wherein the approved file whitelist comprises one or more approved file items, and wherein at least one of the file items does not correspond to any of the one or more approved file items.