Blocked by play protect [ Released apk]

Question

i have published my app in Google Play ,and now i want to send an update to fix some bugs,when i generate singed APK and test it in my phone before publish it in Google play a Blocked by play protect dialog appears with this message (play protect doesn't recognize this app's developer,apps from unknown developers can something be unsafe) ,my app doens't have any dangerous permissions :

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

i don't know what i do,I'm afraid if i publish my app with this issue maybe Google Play will take action of it

Answer 1

If anyone runs into the same problem just publish your app, and don't worry about this warning

Answer 2

If your app has no malware then it won't be an issue. It is probably because you use Google Play App Signing, so installs from Google Play use a different signing key than the version you are just installing using adb.

If you install using a Google Play internal test track then you can check it works with the real Google Play key.

Answer 3

I faced a similar issue. But I created an internal test track in the Play console, added my own Google account to the test track. I published it on the internal track and installed the google play version. Google Play app showed that there was an update and went through the update process.

That is the best way to test it.

Answer 4

On your device Go to Google play store -> Settings -> Disable Protect my updates and try installing your singed APK