React-native Android app keeps rejecting because of new policies by google play console: sensitive informations

Question

The app keeps rejecting because of new sensitive policies. In the manifest. I have included these three permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS" />.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />

Any idea how to approve this?

Answer 1

Need to use Google SMS API instead of current react-native basic implementation. https://developers.google.com/identity/sms-retriever