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Ishfaq Ahmad
Ishfaq Ahmad

Reputation: 11

I am getting this warning. "This app does not meet the Google Play permissions policy relating to the use of SMS or CALL_LOG."

I am getting this warning.

This app does not meet the Google Play permissions policy relating to the use of SMS or CALL_LOG. You must fix this before 9 March 2019 or your app will be removed from Google Play. Note: if you have recently made a change, it can take up to 12 hours to update this message.

I am not using any permission for sms or call. even my manifest do not have READ_PHONE_STATE permission. But still I am getting this warning.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 215

Answers (1)

Nick Fortescue
Nick Fortescue

Reputation: 13836

It is very unlikely that you are getting this warning even though you don't have these permissions. So there are two possibilities:

  1. You do have the permissions even though you think you don't.
  2. One of your APKs you have forgotten about has these permissions, even though your main app doesn't.

For case (1), you should look at what permissions your APK requires. You can do this on the command line of your computer. do

aapt d permissions "MyApp.apk"

This will print all the permissions that are there. If your App does ask for permissions you didn't expect it to, you will need to look at 3rd party libraries your app includes to see if you inherited any permissions from the library.

For case (2), have a look at any Alpha, Beta or testing tracks you have for your app in the Play console. It is possible that an old APK on one of these tracks is asking for the permission and you haven't removed it.

If both of these are not the case, then it might be a bug in the Google Play console. If this is the case, you should contact Google Play support via the help menu.

Upvotes: 1

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