src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/NativeLibrary.kt

@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ object NativeLibrary {
      */
     external fun getUpdateUrl(version: String): String
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the update checker is enabled through CMAKE options.
+     */
+    external fun isUpdateCheckerEnabled(): Boolean
+
     enum class CoreError {
         ErrorSystemFiles,
         ErrorSavestate,

src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/YuzuApplication.kt

@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ class YuzuApplication : Application() {
         Log.logDeviceInfo()
 
         // Initialize CA certificates for HTTPS
-        initializeCACertificates()
+        if (NativeLibrary.isUpdateCheckerEnabled()) {
+            initializeCACertificates()
+        }
 
         createNotificationChannels()
     }

src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/ui/main/MainActivity.kt

@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ThemeProvider {
 
         val firstTimeSetup = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(applicationContext)
                 .getBoolean(Settings.PREF_FIRST_APP_LAUNCH, true)
-            if (!firstTimeSetup) {
+
+        if (!firstTimeSetup && NativeLibrary.isUpdateCheckerEnabled()) {
              checkForUpdates()
         }
         setInsets()

src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp

@@ -1064,6 +1064,17 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_yuzu_yuzu_1emu_NativeLibrary_updatePowerState(
     g_has_battery.store(hasBattery, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 }
 
+//  return #ifdef ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_yuzu_yuzu_1emu_NativeLibrary_isUpdateCheckerEnabled(
+        JNIEnv* env,
+        jobject obj) {
+#ifdef ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER
+    return JNI_TRUE;
+#else
+    return JNI_FALSE;
+#endif
+    }
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_yuzu_yuzu_1emu_NativeLibrary_setCACertificatePath(
         JNIEnv* env,