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Marcela Dueñas
Marcela Dueñas

Reputation: 99

Trouble with Google Play console notification: We have detected that your manifest file contains the permission REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES

Hello i have an app in play console and receive the next notification:

We have detected that your manifest file contains the permission REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES.

Google explain the steps for legalize it, but i don't have this permission in my manifest and I don't use functions to install files either ,i don´t know the real reason for this message and i'm afraid that my app will be removed from the store if I don't take the necessary measures.

Does anyone have more information on this or know what google might actually be detecting in my app?

This are the permissions in the manifest:

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
    <uses-permission
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID"
        tools:node="remove" />

Edit: I receive a new mail from Google , they specify the permission belongs to HMS core, i search in the huawei developers and Huawei release some update of all their libraries fixing or eliminating the permission from the code, it seem to solve the problem , i will upload a new version to play console hoping finishing the issue

Upvotes: 6

Views: 4359

Answers (1)

Richard Dapice
Richard Dapice

Reputation: 885

You are querying all packages with the package manager, this is no longer allowed since Android 8.0. If you don't see it in your manifest, you might want to check your merged manifest.

See more info here. https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/12085295?hl=en

Upvotes: 2

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