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While I don't know about this developer's specific issues, I can comment on my own issues with Google Play as an Android developer. Google Play continues to bec
by binkHN 2y ago
While I don't know about this developer's specific issues, I can comment on my own issues with Google Play as an Android developer. Google Play continues to become more and more stringent with app permissions and the approval of these permissions is very vague. With my own app, from one minor release the next, one day I'll receive approval for my app's permissions and the next week I will not even though only minor changes to the app have been made. When I reach out to Google Play support, the answers are always extremely vague, canned and repetitive and I never know if an update to my app will get approval or not. It's a horrible way to develop anything.
- 1over137 2y agoSounds just like Apple’s stores!
- lawgimenez 2y agoThe most annoying requirement is their Play Store delete account url. We have an API where we can delete the user’s account. But no, Google wanted a stupid url.
- macintux 2y agoIs that so that users who no longer have/want to use the app can still delete their account?
- lawgimenez 2y agoYes we have a delete account option in our settings screen. But Google asking for url webpage for this scenario is just unnecessary. Apple accepted it with no questions.
- spankalee 2y agoHow do users use the API?
- bmicraft 2y agoIs it really that hard to set up a small proxy tool that calls your fancy api when it receives those requests? As an outsider, it does seem quite reasonable to me - Google couldn't possibly support all APIs there may possibly exist for every app there is.
- lawgimenez 2y agoWe can’t tell for sure since this url will be added to the Play Store. Problem is how to authenticate users.
- beeboobaa3 2y agohow are you going to authenticate the user? now you need to solve that if you didn't have a web login before. --- Guess @dang decided to rate limit my account again so I can't post replies :-) > Some token that every account gets generated? It's really not that much to ask honestly. How is the user going to know this token when they visit the website on their laptop? Keep in mind that the Google requirement is that you link to this delete page from the play store, where the user is not authenticated with your app. You can't just generate an URL containing this token.
- bmicraft 2y agoSome token that every account gets generated? It's really not that much to ask honestly.
- mkl 2y ago> Guess @dang decided to rate limit my account again so I can't post replies :-) There are automatic rate limits that apply to everyone. IME you can still click on the comment's timestamp to be able to reply.
- bakugo 2y agoIf you post something the moderators don't like, your account can be manually rate limited to a max of 5 comments per X (24?) hours.
- Daedren 2y agoYeah now it's just like developing for Apple. Have been suffering from Apple's vague and canned responses for years.