Google: here are 4 reasons your Android app will get booted from the Play Store

guest · Oct 27, 2020

Google: here are 4 reasons your Android app will get booted from the Play Store
October 27, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/googl...roid-app-will-get-booted-from-the-play-store/

Google has outlined four key reasons why it will suspend a developer's Android app from the Google Play Store, and has launched a new course that instructs developers how to avoid getting kicked out for WebView spam.

Google has run an analysis of developers' compliance with its Google Play Developer Policies and its Developer Distribution Agreement, and has now highlighted some of the main ways developers violate its terms, resulting in Google kicking apps off Google Play.
Google published its recommendations as it released its new Developer Program Policy, which came into effect on October 21.
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Of particular concern are apps with buttons and menus that link to pages outside of the Play Store. These links are either to apps by the same developer, or other apps that may be affiliated with the developer, but are not clearly labelled as ads or promotional links.

"Without this clarity, apps may get enforced for having deceptive / disguised ads. One of the ways to avoid such mistakes is by explicitly calling these out by labeling the buttons and links as 'More Apps', 'More Games', 'Explore', 'Check out our other apps'," warned Andrew Ahn, a product manager for Google Play App Safety.
Google is communicating the advice on the assumption that developers are merely making errors that violate its policies rather than doing things maliciously.
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Google also doesn't approve of app submissions that are just websites repackaged as apps, because most of these are just designed to drive traffic to a website rather than giving Android users a reason to use an app.
Google views these as "WebView spam" and removes them.

To help developers understand the difference between a valuable app and one that just replicates a website, Google has published a 'Webview Spam' course on Play Academy.
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Google: Developer tips and guides: Common policy violations and how you can avoid them

In recent efforts in analyzing apps for policy compliance on Google Play we identified some common mistakes and violations that developers make, and we’re sharing these with the developer community with tips and guides on how to avoid them, mitigating the risks of apps and developer accounts being suspended for violating our policies.
Links that take users back to other apps on the Play Store [...] Spammy app descriptions [...]
Abandoned and broken apps [...] Apps vs. Webview [...]
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