If this is the first time your app is being published on a track, it will take a couple of hours to be processed. This is only a one-time thing though, for future updates, the availability will be immediate on the internal test track. Once the app is available, you’ll also need to follow the … Read more
According to the Android documentation: You can use the aapt tool, included in the Android SDK, to determine how Google Play will filter your application, based on its declared features and permissions. To do so, run aapt with the dump badging command. This causes aapt to parse your application’s manifest and apply the same rules … Read more
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
According to google new policy If your app targets Android 12 or higher and contains activities, services, or broadcast receivers that use intent filters, you must explicitly declare the android:exported: true attribute for these app components. FOR FLUTTER AND REACT NATIVE PROJECTS : add this line to AndroidManifest.xml file of project : android:exported=”true” Now just … Read more
In my case Google removed my app from production, to be able to submit a new release without using the sms i had to: Retain the previous release (where i was using sms), Because of the first step the permission form appeared, I filled the form Added the new apk (without sms) Deactivated the old … Read more
Update version:A.B.C+X in pubspec.yaml. For Android: A.B.C represents the versionName such as 1.0.0. X (the number after the +) represents the versionCode such as 1, 2, 3, etc. Do not forget to execute flutter build apk or flutter run after this step, because: When you run flutter build apk or flutter run after updating this … Read more
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
No, you can unpublish but once your application has been live on the market you cannot delete it. (Each package name is unique and Google remembers all package names anyway so you could use this a reminder) The “Delete” button only works for unpublished version of your app. Once you published your app or a … Read more