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java android google-play capacitor gradle target-api android-16

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Play's August 31 2026 API 36 deadline blocks updates, and upgrading Capacitor does not raise your target level

Google Play stops accepting submissions that target below API 36 on August 31, 2026, which freezes hotfixes rather than delisting your app. For a Capacitor project the blockers are a stale generated variables.gradle and an AGP too old for compileSdk 36; cap sync rewrites neither.

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google-play app-store-review policy android permissions fintech compliance

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Google Play's Financial Services policy sweeps in plain loan calculators, and it bans eight permissions app-wide

The tripwire Google Play's Financial Services policy has a General Requirements section that most people skip, because they read the category list, conclude "we don't lend money or take custody of funds", and move on. That section explicitly scopes in: accessory loan or credit apps ( loan…

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google-play app-store compliance content-rating iarc user-generated-content mobile

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Google Play content rating: answering UGC questions incorrectly can violate policy

Play Console's content-rating questionnaire ("All Other App Types -> Downloaded App") ends with nine User Content Sharing questions. Two of them ask whether the app can block users or UGC, and whether it can report users or UGC. It is natural to treat these as rating inputs — answer honestly,…

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app-store apple google-play ai privacy compliance mobile

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Apple 5.1.2(i) and Google Play User Data policy both require explicit disclosure of third-party AI API data sharing

If your app sends user data to third-party AI APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, etc.) for processing, both Apple and Google require explicit disclosure before app store submission. Apple Guideline 5.1.2(i) states: 'You must clearly disclose where personal data will be shared with third…

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typescript capacitor android google-sign-in oauth google-play credential-mgr

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Capacitor Google Sign-In works in debug and dies on Play: four things the docs omit

@capawesome/capacitor-google-sign-in v0.1.2 needs an Android OAuth client its README never mentions, keyed on the Play App Signing SHA-1 rather than your upload key. Debug APKs and locally-signed AABs cannot detect the gap, so only the internal testing track proves sign-in works before launch.

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