permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE

[SnailRabbids]

Hello,
Google sent an email with policy update:

"We’re adding new guidelines to our Device and Network Abuse policy:
For apps targeting Android 14 and above, a new set of policy restrictions will apply to the usage of foreground services (FGS). Apps can only declare foreground services (FGS) for appropriate use cases. Developers must also specify a valid foreground service type for each foreground service (FGS) used in your app, and declare the foreground service permission that is appropriate for that type."

As I noticed from manifest-merger-release-report, inAppReview plugin uses something named "com.google.android.play:core:1.10.2" with FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission:

uses-permission#android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
ADDED from [com.google.android.play:core:1.10.2] C:\Users\Snail\.gradle\caches\transforms-3\d07147ed84baf59d8042ffc58b2a5b2e\transformed\jetified-core-1.10.2\AndroidManifest.xml:13:5-77

I've tried to build my app w/o inAppReview plugin and there is no "FOREGROUND_SERVICE" permission in logs.

As I understand from Google's email, all of FOREGROUND_SERVICE permissions should be reworked in something like that:

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

What do you think about that? @i-bardinov
More info: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/changes/fgs-types-required

[i-bardinov]

I think it's time to update extension to new google in app review version and new Godot. I hope there will be time