Android
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Turning on location services In BiznessApps
Introduction This article is for customers who publish apps in the Google Play Store for users of Android devices. Google's Background Location Access Policy requires specific disclosures and demonstrations if you want to use background location a...
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Turning off location services in BiznessApps
Overview Google's Background Location Access Policy requires specific disclosures and demonstrations if you want to use background location access in your Android apps. To avoid these policies you would like to turn off location services for your ...
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Changing the Android Version in Google Play Store
Overview You have a version mismatch between the AAB file in the CMS and in Google Play Store, and you need to change the Android Version in Google Play Store to match the dashboard. Solution To change the version, follow the steps below: Log in ...
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What To Do With PEPK.jar File When Submitting an App on Google Play Store
Overview You need to submit an app (publish a new app or republish an existing one) on Google Play Store. You don’t know what to do with the PEPK (Play Encrypt Private Key) .jar file that is shown on the screenshot below: Information You do not...
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Cannot Open PEM Key File When Republishing an App
Overview You need to republish an app. You want to sign the app with the android-build-key.pem key file, but you realized you are not able to open the .pem key file (e.g. with Keychain Access). Information You do not need to "open" the .pem key ...
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"Use a valid app signing key, an unexpected error has occurred" When Uploading Key Files to Google Play Store
Overview When you try to upload your .zip or .pem key files to Google Play Store, you receive the error message "Use a valid app signing key, an unexpected error has occurred". Solution Most common reasons of the issue are listed below: Uploadi...
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Google Play's Data Safety Form
Overview A user is looking for assistance filling in the new Data Safety form from Google which was recently introduced. Furthermore, users have been receiving emails prompting them to complete the form. Hello Google Play Developer,Earlier this ye...
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Problems Uploading Android Signing Key using macOS Safari
Overview Someone using Safari in their Mac might have some problems when trying to upload the app signing key to Google since it requires a zip file, but the android-build-key.zip file was downloaded as a folder on their system. Solution This is l...
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Two Warnings Related to a Deobfuscation File and Debug Symbols When Publishing an Android App
Overview When you publish your Android app the Google Play Console displays two warning messages: Warning There is no deobfuscation file associated with this App Bundle. If you use obfuscated code (R8/proguard), uploading a deobfuscation file will...
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Google Security Alert "Your app contains exposed Google Cloud Platform (GCP) API keys"
Overview You received a security alert from Google saying "Your app contains exposed Google Cloud Platform (GCP) API keys". This article explains why this may occur and what you can do about it Diagnosis You received this security alert on your ...
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Deprecation of PlaceResult properties from Google Maps JS Places Library
Overview Google announced the deprecation of PlaceResult related properties from the Google Maps JavaScript API's Places Library. This article explains why you got this message and informs you that there is no need for any action to be taken. Dia...
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Updating the Google Store Listing with your app's Privacy Policy URL
Overview Your mobile app (iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry) must have a Privacy Policy if the app collects personal data from users. This article explains how you can update Google's Store Listing with your Privacy Policy URL. Diagnosis You need...
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Google Play Store Warning: Apps Must Target At Least Android 10
Overview You might see a warning message while submitting your APK file to Google Play Store, indicating you can no longer submit apps with API's older than API level 29, starting from August, 2020. (Target API level requirements from August 2020...
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Submitting an Android App
Overview The first step of Publishing an Android App on the Google Play Platform is to submit the app using our CMS Platform. This article explains what needs to be done so that you can successfully submit an Android app for publishing on the CMS ...
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'Unoptimized APK' Error While Uploading APK file on Google Play Store
Overview While uploading your Android app APK file onto the Google Play console you received the following message: Unoptimized APK Warning:This APK results in unused code and resources being sent to users. Your app could be smaller if you used th...
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Optimizing App Searchability in Google Play Store
Overview This article will provide you with the basics of optimizing your keywords to help improve your app's search results in the Google Play Store. This article also outlines how to find the relevant keywords you can use as elements in enhancin...
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"Version code has already been used" Error While Uploading AAB/APK To Google Play
Overview After uploading the AAB or APK file generated by Biznessapps to the Google Play Console, one might encounter the errors below. "You need to use a different version code for your APK because you already have one with version code xxx." "V...
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Publishing Android App and Submitting to Google Play Store
Overview You need help to publish an Android app by getting it ready for submission to Google Play Store so that your clients can access it. Prerequisites Android App Google Developer Account Solution The app Publish stage is a crucial part o...
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Updating Apps on an Android Device
Overview User devices may not be getting certain applications automatically updated. This article will provide the steps on how to update your applications from an Android device. Please note that the steps provided may vary depending on the Andr...
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Uploading an Android App's AAB onto the Google Play Store
Overview This article outlines the steps to publish or update your Android app on the Google Play Store, under following scenarios: Upload AAB/APK when publishing a new Android app Publish an update to an existing Android app Upload AAB again thr...