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    July 28, 2021

    Android Dev - Google Play Developer account terminated without any valid reason

    Google Play Developer account terminated without any valid reason

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 05:06 AM PDT

    I am sure you are not reading such incidents for the first time here in this subreddit, and as much as I hope that this would be the last, I do not think that would be the case anytime soon.

    So, I wake up today, check my mails, only to find that email that says "This is a notification that your Google Play Developer account has been terminated.", reason being stated as " Prior violations of the Developer Program Policies and Developer Distribution Agreement by this or associated accounts as outlined in previous emails sent to the registered email address(es) of the Google Play Developer account(s). ".

    Now here is the thing from what I have observed from other such cases, that this kind of account termination emails are usually preceded by another email which says that one or some of your apps are suspended due to certain policy violations. In my case, there wasn't any such email that preceded the account termination email. Even checked my spam, and I do not have any other associated accounts. This makes me very confused in understanding why they have chosen to terminate my account.

    OK, if they are considering all the violations that are recorded since my account was created back in 2016, here are the list of them.

    • December 2016, app A got suspended due to asset infringement. This was a straight suspension and I accept the grounds on which the app was suspended. I published a new app with fix which got accepted.
    • April 2019, app B got removed due to advertising id usage policy violation. Funny thing is, the app that they removed was not even showing any ads. I decided not to appeal and have it remain removed, mostly because the app was not doing well and I had plans of unpublishing it. Please let me know if my choice of not appealing was a mistake or not. Yet another funny thing for this case is that, in early 2021, when there was a requirement of declaring whether your app is a news app or not, Google Play Console prompted me to declare the same for this app as well. I declared, and guess what? The app became live in the store within 24hrs. This clearly proves that the initial reason for removal was wrong.
    • February 2020, app C got removed as there was no privacy policy provided and it was a paid app. I agreed to this, provided a privacy policy URL in store listing, and the app was live within 24hrs of removal.
    • March 2021, app B update rejected due to payment policy violation. Surprisingly, they even provided screenshots in the app update rejection mail and highlighted the portion that was non compliant. I agreed, fixed the issue, pushed another update which got accepted.

    So in summary, I have 1 suspension, 2 app removals and 1 app update rejection recorded against my account. Now based on this answer from google - https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2477981, it is clearly mentioned that:

    • App update rejections do not count as a strike against the good standing of my account.
    • App removals do not immediately count as a strike, however, multiple removals could have resulted in app suspension, but that is not the case with any of my apps.
    • App suspensions count as a strike.

    Basically I have only one strike against me, which is not enough for them to terminate my account. Even if it was enough, why wouldn't they terminate it back in 2016 when the violation was actually committed?

    Even if they consider app removals as a strike somehow, then why not remove back then?

    I am totally clueless with this termination, they have not provided any clear information about policy violation. I have always tried my best to abide by their policies.

    EDIT:
    Here are the details of the apps that were published:

    • Spend - An expense/earnings tracker app. Launched in 2019.
    • Night Light (Free and Pro) - Open source blue light filtering app. Launched in 2017.
    • Custom ROM Manager (Free and Pro) - App that lets users discover custom roms and points them to their official website. It also lets users manage .zip files (custom roms are .zip files). Launched in 2016.
    • PrefEdit - App that lets users view details about the installed apps. Now there is also an optional feature that lets user view and edit SharedPreference of other apps, and that requires root access, which is asked from the user. This was launched in early 2019 with several updates and the app has been clean with no prior violations. There are several other apps in the store that does the same thing. And I have checked the policy and nowhere it is mentioned that letting users do the same is a policy violation. You can literally do the same with any root based file manager.

    I have filed an appeal, and I hope for the best, but I am expecting their automated reply of "we cannot reinstate your account".

    I ask help and suggestions from you guys, whether I have a case and stand a chance in getting my account back, and what are the other things that I can possibly do.

    Thank you

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    RecyclerView From Scratch | RecyclerView Internals | Birth of ViewModel

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:54 AM PDT

    Can you implement your own RecyclerView from scratch? if not after this you won't say no ,

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    https://chetangupta.net/recycler-internals-1/

    Topic covered :

    - ViewHolder Creation Lifecycle and Implementation

    - RecyclerView Components and their implementation

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    Playstore - the major distributor of malicious apps

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 05:00 AM PDT

    An academic study carried out in collaboration with the NortonLifelock Research Group and IMDEA Software Institute, reveals that the official Play Store is a primary source of malicious and unwanted apps. The study found that 67 percent of malicious app installs originated from Google's store. That isn't to say the Play Store is lacking in security to stop malicious apps, but the sheer size and popularity of Google's store means any that slip through the cracks are going to reach a very wide audience.

    The problem is there aren't enough security check that can reveal the vulnerabilities of an app on playstore, but it's not entirely about the lack of check from app store it's also about the lack of will from the developers . Security checks are time consuming and sometimes expensive, and Let's face it everyone wants to ship their apps ASAP, nobody wants to delay the delivery because of this. The cost of this race is then paid by the users, when we later get to know about the data leaks, it should be the responsibility of developers to make sure that, the user who is using the app is safe and not another potential target of hackers because someone had a deadline. What do you think about it?

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    I just bought an Oppo Find X2, and adjusted some stuff in dev options (animation scale=0.5). 5-10 minutes after I get this message. Never seen it on any other phones I've used. Any idea how I can forced dev options to stay active?

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 06:56 AM PDT

    How do you access the D2D (Device-to-Device) Data Transfer functionality?

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 05:48 PM PDT

    So, as of Android 12, rightfully so: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/backup-restore

    For apps running on and targeting Android 12 and higher:

    • Specifying android:allowBackup="false" does disable backups to Google Drive, but doesn't disable D2D transfers for the app.
    • Specifying include and exclude rules with the XML configuration mechanism no longer affects D2D transfers, though it still affects Google Drive backups. To specify rules for D2D transfers, you must use the new configuration covered in the next section.

    So, is there a way to use adb or something else to access this functionality so that we can make PC backups of app data?

    This is the 1 Achilles Heel of Android: you can't make backups of all app data.

    I want to make an Android app or PC app that makes use of this D2D app-data transfer functionality so that users can backup their app-data with ease and peace-of-mind.

    submitted by /u/dont_take_me_seri0us
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    How to parse JSON Key dynamically

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 08:30 AM PDT

    What to do now?

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 07:58 AM PDT

    I have been learning android for 5 to 6 months now and I've covered a lot of basics things.But i want to level up my skills now to completely pro so i think the best way is to build some projects that includes crud operations with networking and asyn task. I wanna know if there is any website that has android projects that i can work on with source code and directions.

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    Where would you cut off Android OS Support?

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 02:32 PM PDT

    android-studio-bumblebee-canary-5 available

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:28 AM PDT

    Chrome OS [All official development resources]

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 03:49 PM PDT

    Android 12 beta 3/3.1

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 11:24 PM PDT

    Hello guys,

    I have been using 12 beta, but after beta3 system UI becoming slow ..a quick restart fixes the UI to be a lot smoother but after some time its getting slower..thought that beta 3.1 will fix the issue..but still, its slower..animations and transitions are kind of laggy

    Is anyone seeing the same issue?

    submitted by /u/outerspaceForever
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    App settings that can't be changed after release

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 01:13 PM PDT

    As free apps can't be turned into paid apps after release, i wonder what else can't be changed. I'm planning to add subscriptions to remove ads and probably restrict some features that are not yet implemented. I have specified those already, but can't find that setting anymore. I think it was in dashboard, but i can't access it anymore. The app is in internal testing now. Do i have to delete the whole thing and start over?

    submitted by /u/releasebyzero
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    How many download do you consider a successful app?

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 01:21 AM PDT

    I was thinking like 5,000?

    submitted by /u/illustrator101
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    Modify AOSP-11 to play audio file during phone calls

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:18 PM PDT

    Hello, I would like to play audio file during ongoing phone calls and transfer audio stream to the phone call uplink channel.

    I love to modify AOSP-11 source code and would like to work on customise android OS for this feature. I don't want to publish this AOSP build. This is for internal testing purpose only.

    I had implemented system level application and successfully install on the devices, Which having all system grant.

    I will appreciate if anyone share knowledge or example regarding how it can be possible. I also went throw some the links but there is no any example or path provided.

    I also have posted the same in AOSP channel but also sharing here to target big audience.

    Thanks in advance.

    submitted by /u/krunalindrodiya
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    Hello I am Java Developer transfering to Kotlin, can you suggest me what to learn first, what to start with please, Thank you.

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 02:25 PM PDT

    Google won't let me publish new apps

    Posted: 27 Jul 2021 05:34 PM PDT

    Months ago my app was removed and my account was closed. I appealed but no result. I decided to republish the app. New computer, new internet, new package name, new design. But google closes the account every time. google bots know it's me no matter what I do. what would be the reason? how can i get rid of this?

    edit: I noticed that a file named mappings.txt went to google with aab. So I decided to install the app as apk. but the result is still the same.

    edit2: I use libraries like google play core. Could that be why?

    submitted by /u/No_Warning2094
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