FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION causing playstore to reject updates.

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FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION causing playstore to reject updates.

jerrypaulsam opened this issue 3 months ago · comments

jerrypaulsam commented 3 months ago

Version of the agora_rtc_engine

6.2.1

Platforms affected

Steps to reproduce

Build appbundle
Upload to Google Play
Gets rejected

Expected results

We are only using audio call service. How to disable FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION from manifest?

Actual results

FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION causing playstore to reject updates.

Code sample

We tried adding this

configurations.all {
exclude group:"io.agora.rtc", module:"full-screen-sharing"
}

but still, the apk analyzer shows FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION in manifest

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Littlegnal · Answer 1 · Mon Apr 01 2024 22:05:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Maybe you can check this issue for reference #1575

jerrypaulsam · Answer 2 · Tue Apr 02 2024 00:48:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I have checked it, but still facing the same issue. I don't need the video related features as we are only using audio calls with the app. It's been a few days since we uploaded the update build and not getting accepted. If the problem cannot be resolved, we might even need to remove the audio call feature completely until we find a workaround.

Littlegnal · Answer 3 · Tue Apr 02 2024 14:14:55 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Can you try these steps to confirm where the permission is from?
#1575 (comment)

jerrypaulsam · Answer 4 · Tue Apr 02 2024 15:10:41 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@littleGnAl I did. We did try all those and still the release manifest is showing the FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION. As of now, we are removing the package and planning an alternative in the meantime.

Littlegnal · Answer 5 · Wed Apr 03 2024 14:44:21 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

We did try all those and still the release manifest is showing the FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION. As of now

Is it from our package?

jerrypaulsam · Answer 6 · Wed Apr 03 2024 16:43:34 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Yes, as per the log. We don't have any other package which uses the FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION

Mohamed El Banna · Answer 7 · Sat Apr 06 2024 01:00:47 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'm facing same issue and i did exclude "full-screen-sharing" module from project as mentioned here #1458
This way path :android/build.gradle

Littlegnal · Answer 8 · Mon Apr 08 2024 11:21:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@melbanna40 Can you follow this step to check if the permission comes from our package?
#1575 (comment)

Littlegnal · Answer 9 · Mon Apr 08 2024 11:26:17 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

If you face this issue after these steps #1575 (comment), I think it's better to provide a reproducible demo for further investigation.

Mohamed El Banna · Answer 10 · Mon Apr 08 2024 23:09:37 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@melbanna40 Can you follow this step to check if the permission comes from our package? #1575 (comment)

it was from it.
Application accepted on google play after excluding the "full-screen-sharing" module 🚀
Thanks 🙏

aruntr369 · Answer 11 · Tue Apr 09 2024 12:54:10 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@melbanna40 i added configurations.all {
exclude group:"io.agora.rtc", module:"full-screen-sharing"
}, and the report is not showing the use of FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION, but play store is still rejecting the build for not declaring the use of it. can you please explain the step you took get approval from play store

Mohamed El Banna · Answer 12 · Wed Apr 10 2024 08:14:00 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@melbanna40 i added configurations.all { exclude group:"io.agora.rtc", module:"full-screen-sharing" }, and the report is not showing the use of FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION, but play store is still rejecting the build for not declaring the use of it. can you please explain the step you took get approval from play store

i just cleared android caches at this paths
cd android
rm -Rf .gradle/caches
m -Rf /app/build
built a new bundle and new release version on google play.

johneyp · Answer 13 · Sat May 11 2024 00:27:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

How do you fix this on an expo app ?

Baharudin Yusup · Answer 14 · Wed Jun 12 2024 05:49:50 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I also encountered this issue when uploading my APK to the Play Store. I was able to resolve it by following these steps:

Exclude the full-screen-sharing module in the project-level build.gradle file:

// build.gradle (project-level)

//...

configurations.configureEach {
    exclude group: "io.agora.rtc", module: "full-screen-sharing"
}

Remove the FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION permission in the AndroidManifest.xml file:

<!-- AndroidManifest.xml -->

<!-- ... -->

<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION"
    tools:ignore="SystemPermissionTypo"
    tools:node="remove" />

<!-- ... -->