This blog regroup my Android apps. I might not publish them anymore on Google Play store or even Amazon app store because I’m tired trying to justify anything to get them approved and published :
- you can’t publish an app using background location (which is a nice feature for my Zabbix agent) without explaining why you need that feature on the Play store. I’ve tried explaining why I needed that feature, my app was still not approved so I created 2 versions, one specifically for the play store without background location. Keeping two versions up to date is a pain in the butt… I don’t really understand why google is so crappy about this, users have to manually accept location access when the app is running so they know when an app is tracking their location. And then if the user need background location access he has to go to the app setting to allow this. User can’t accept background location access without knowing and going through various hoops so stop being a bitch to developers Google !
- Amazon app store has refused to upload a new version of my “Unofficial Zabbix Agent” because the name contains “Zabbix”. What should I name my app ?! Isn’t it clear that it’s not an official Zabbix app ? By making an appeal, I’ve managed to keep the app on the Amazon app store but who knows for how long…
- When you use a foreground service in an app (which I use because a lot of my apps are network listening related), you need to create a video explaining why you need that foreground service. Nowhere you are clearly explained what to put in this video and you can’t write any text explaining it either so I’ve no idea what I should put in theses videos and the last time I created a video for the Play store was for location access which didn’t work and my app was still blocked.