Warnings Your APK Is Using Permissions That Require a Privacy Policy: (Android.Permission.Read_Phone_State)

Warnings Your Apk Is Using Permissions That Require A Privacy Policy: (android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE)

Your app's manifest.xml having these permission to access information from your's device but you don't have privacy policy link while submitting on the play store. so you getting this warning.

Need privacy policy for the app If your app handles personal or sensitive user data

Adding a privacy policy to your app's store listing helps provide transparency about how you treat sensitive user and device data.

Update 1

The privacy policy setting in Google Play Console has changed locations.

In Google Play Console,

Select Store presence → App content.

Under Privacy Policy.

Update 2

Select Policy → App content at the far bottom left.

Under Privacy Policy.

ERROR: android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE

If you need any kinds of user permission you must have to add privacy police on your application and also developer console.

Edited: Now google strickly follow privacy policy URL. If you want to
upload any kinds of application you have to add privacy police. Go to
your Store Listing and add Privacy Police Url on here.

Privacy police just nothing you have to describe your application and also mentioned about the permission.
You can easily create a privacy policy using this website: Police

Showing APK are required to have a privacy policy set Playstore

Is it possible to upload apk without upload url of Privacy policy.

NO, You must Add URL on Privacy Section. It's Google's Policy.
You can host your privacy policy with any publicly accessible URL .

Read official guideline about Privacy Policy Guidance

Since February 2017 Google enforces a strict privacy policy
requirement on apps requesting sensitive permissions and user data.
There are quite a few places in the Google Play Store documentation
that points out that requirement.

What information do you share?

In your policy, you should disclose the circumstances when you share
information. For example, you may share information with third parties
as part of the service (like a restaurant reservation Action), with
other users (like a social network or forum), with marketing partners,
or with service providers that assist with your service (like hosting
companies or technology platforms).

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

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

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