I just got an email from Google Play, notifying me that my app will be removed as "we have determined that your app has a malformed AndroidManifest.xml file which may make it difficult for users to uninstall the app"
The app is plain simple: sends the device to standby.
Here is their recommendation
In particular, the app’s AndroidManifest.xml contains a malformed Device Admin receiver entry (as identified by meta-data named android.app.device_admin). To be a well-formed Device Admin, the entry must declare an Intent filter for Intents with action android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED. The suggested modification is to make the entry well-formed if the receiver is a Device Admin, or remove the meta-data named android.app.device_admin if the receiver is not a Device Admin.
And here is the part from Android manifest
<receiver
android:name=".MyAdmin"
android:permission="android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.device_admin"
android:resource="@layout/policies" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED" >
</action>
</intent-filter>
</meta-data>
</receiver>
To be honest, I don't understand how to fix it. Any ideas ?
The problem is likely that you've nested <intent-filter>...</intent-filter> under the meta-data tag, whereas both should be direct children of <receiver />. According to the documentation, a valid declaration should look as follows:
<receiver>
<intent-filter> . . . </intent-filter>
<meta-data />
</receiver>
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html