Action requested: Declare your Ad ID permission

Case 1: The app doesn’t contain any Ads: You can simply remove/ignore it by adding tools:node=”remove” in the AndroidManifest.xml file. <uses-permission android:name=”com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID” tools:node=”remove”/> Make sure you have xmlns:tools at the top of AndroidManifest.xml file Even if another third-party library asks for this specific permission, the build will be forced not to merge it in your … Read more

Is my app or its dependencies violating the Android Advertising Id policy?

Disable advertising id collection According to the Firebase docs you can disable advertising id collection by setting: <meta-data android:name=”google_analytics_adid_collection_enabled” android:value=”false” /> in your AndroidManifest.xml under the <Application> tag. EDIT: It seems like people are having mixed success with this approach. Try adding configurations { all*.exclude group: ‘com.google.firebase’, module: ‘firebase-core’ all*.exclude group: ‘com.google.firebase’, module: ‘firebase-iid’ } … Read more