Remove Exact alarm permissions permission By Play store policy

MaikuB / flutter_local_notifications

A Flutter plugin for displaying local notifications on Android, iOS, macOS and Linux

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Remove Exact alarm permissions permission By Play store policy #2337

Closed shresthaashok closed 1 month ago

shresthaashok commented 5 months ago

I am using schedule notification from last year it's working fine previously but it hasn't worked recently and Google warned me to remove " " this permission. And only able to add this permission If my app is a clock or an alarm. So how do I use this permission for my app my app does not alarm or clock but I have schedule notifications.

shweta-alike commented 5 months ago

@shresthaashok Did you find anything?

MaikuB commented 5 months ago

You've not mentioned which permission specifically but sounds like you're referring to USE_EXACT_ALARM as Google says it's only for calendar and alarm clocks. If so, Google had already stated in their own docs that this was subject to their approval that implied there was risk involved and was relayed in the plugin readme https://github.com/MaikuB/flutter_local_notifications/tree/master/flutter_local_notifications#androidmanifestxml-setup. When they introduced changes in Android 14, they had provided guidance on this as well (see https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/changes/schedule-exact-alarms) and the plugin was updated in 16.0 to accomodate. The section I linked to earlier in the readme also mentions this. Have you checked this?

jiayixu420 commented 2 months ago

Hi! @MaikuB I added the permissions below to the AndroidManifest.xml file and published the app to Google Play Store.

However the publishing failed due to Exact Alarm permission.

Publishing failed :| Google Play failed to upload artefacts. You must let us know whether your app uses any exact alarm permissions: { "error": { "code": 403, "message": "You must let us know whether your app uses any exact alarm permissions", "status": "PERMISSION_DENIED" }

Could you please check this issue?

MaikuB commented 1 month ago

This isn't a plugin issue. If you need exact alarm permissions then the readme for the plugin and Android's own docs provide details on how to handle this already. If you're going to continue to intentionally use USE_EXACT_ALARM then you need to check the Google Play store/console (e.g. see https://github.com/MaikuB/flutter_local_notifications/issues/2348#issuecomment-2185804813) as this isn't a plugin issue