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Android Deploying APK to Google Play uncovered a problem

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Galloper

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So I decided to give it a try and compiled my small game into an .apk file, then uploaded it into the Play store, it all went well, until this message:

"Your app has an apk with version code [...] that requests the following permission(s): android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE. Apps using these permissions in an APK are required to have a privacy policy set."

And the problem is that in the Game Options->Android ->Permissions it's unchecked and I rly don't need it, at least not for this game. Does it mean I have to manually edit the manifest to avoid including it or there is a more elegant way to solve this problem? Without including privacy policy for something that I don't use.
Sorry if I messed it up, since I'm new to this process. Recompiling and reuploading doesn't help - Google still insists that I'm using that permission.
 
G

Galloper

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Oh I just figured that extensions may add their own permissions. Well, it's solved then.
 
G

Galloper

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HW. said:
How did you manage to solve it? Did you remove the extension permission on GMS2 IDE? If yes How?

Because i found that i can't edit the permission of extension on GMS2 IDE (on GMS 1.4 can):

https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.p...of-extension-add-or-remove-on-gms2-ide.28549/
Click to expand...
Well I solved it by adding the requested policy. Actually, I think these reviews of disappointed people can shed some light on the roots of this problem: https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/2009/google-play-licensing
If you want to remove permissions (as it does make your game appear in the play store with some unpleasant marks - like it reads some private user data) you can try following the instructions in one of those reviews.

And by the way, if you make it through publishing as I just did, the next problem which is not clearly covered in the documentation (at least I didn't see it) is the fact that you won't be able to use USB debugging on device after you publish your game with a license key, even if it's a usual public key and you publish as closed alpha, you will need to follow the link on your device, something like https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.yourcompany.yourgame and make an install of a copy from there, uninstalling any previous versions that might still be left on the device when you tested them through USB. Oh and obviously, if you do a closed test, you'll need to include your or any other accounts in the testers list.
 
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HW.

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Thank you for your reply. So we need to edit the AndroidManifest.xml outside of GMS2, not directly inside IDE.
 
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