GooglePlay Alert For Location Background Access

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Google Recently Deleted my app because of new rules for location privacy. I am using Mapbox library for maps and I have ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission, When I Upload new generated app to google play it says my app use background location and force me to the privacy tab for more information, i dont have any BACKGROUND_LOCATION permission and doesn't use this feature , and all of my usages is for selecting user current location via map.

Still, google says I use background location. BTW : use this code to remove permission even it does not exists :

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" tools:node="remove" />

and still having problems. what should I do? I don't need background location permission and don't use it.

google-play android
2 Answers

You can go to Merge Manifest tab in Android Studio to know the origin of permission.

refer to: Manage manifest

Most probably that Mapbox asking for this permission and you should exclude a feature to disable it.

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I had the same issue. My flutter app has 2 AndroidManifest.xml files:

  • profile/AndroidManifest.xml
  • main/AndroidManifest.xml

When I added permission removal to the profile/AndroidManifest.xml, nothing has changed. But after extending the main/AndroidManifest.xml file, Google Play Console stooped showing the ERROR and I was able to publish my app with Mapbox component again.

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        package="...">
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" tools:node="remove"/>
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