https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.berkeley.boinc

The newest versions of BOINC for Android are only available from Berkeley, via https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php, https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php and https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D

The newest versions of BOINC for Android are only available from Berkeley, via https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php, https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php and https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D

Have they been submitted to the play store? If not, what is the reason? It seems a bit silly to have the outdated one there and not the newest one.

Have they been submitted to the play store? If not, what is the reason?

I don't know. If you feel the need to ask, ask the developers.
I forgot one place where the newest version can be had, and that's at Github: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/releases/

Have they been submitted to the play store? If not, what is the reason?

I think there was some chatter around the time of the release, to the effect that "BOINC violates some Play Store rules, by downloading third-party executables from external, unverified, sites" - i.e. project science applications.

That would mean that a Play Store version would have to include every application, from every participating project, so they could all be validated as a single composite package. And re-built, re-packaged, and re-submitted for testing every time even a single project app was changed. The alternative - distributing a relatively stable platform package, and letting it download project apps as needed - was easier, and fitted more neatly with the 'BOINC for desktops' design.

While admittedly the "download third party" method is insecure, I would imagine setting a requirement of "Have a popup to approve third party download" would be a way to have 'informed consent' for apps that 'need' it, like BOINC. (That would add an extra step that could break, I know.)

EDIT: Fixed typos.

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https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/

Funny!
I've been a Boinc user for so many years, and never used the download_all link (for my Android/Linux clients).
Didn't even know it existed lol!
Always used Gianfranco's versions