I have built a project with Ionic & I cannot upload my APK to the Google Play store. I get the following error:
Your APK is using permissions that require a privacy policy: (android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS)
I can see this permission in my AndroidManifest.xml file as shown below. I am using Firebase with their database API, AngularFire2. Do I need to create a Privacy Policy for this? Is this easy to do?:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<manifest android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:versionCode="2" android:versionName="0.0.2" package="io.ionic.habit" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<supports-screens android:anyDensity="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:resizeable="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:icon="@mipmap/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:supportsRtl="true">
<activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale" android:label="@string/activity_name" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name="MainActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.NoActionBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<intent-filter android:label="@string/launcher_name">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<provider android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true" android:name="de.appplant.cordova.emailcomposer.Provider">
<meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/emailcomposer_provider_paths" />
</provider>
<receiver android:enabled="true" android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.AnalyticsReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.ANALYTICS_DISPATCH" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:enabled="true" android:exported="false" android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.AnalyticsService" />
<receiver android:enabled="true" android:exported="true" android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.CampaignTrackingReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:enabled="true" android:exported="false" android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.CampaignTrackingService" />
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="25" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
</manifest>
just add privacy policy url to your application in playstore and it will solve the problem you can generate privacy policy with below urls
https://gist.github.com/alphamu/c42f6c3fce530ca5e804e672fed70d78
https://app-privacy-policy-generator.firebaseapp.com/