Play rules verified against the live Policy Center / Play Console Help pages
(checked 2026-10-11, cited in cli/lib/scan/play-rules.ts): restricted
permissions and their declarations (background location, photo / video, All
files access, AccessibilityService, REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES, Health Connect,
full-screen intent, VpnService), prominent disclosure and the in-app privacy
policy, Data safety vs SDK disclosures, Families (certified ad SDKs, AD_ID,
location), AD_ID on targetSdk 33+, 16 KB page sizes (Unity, React Native, NDK,
AGP, prebuilt .so), testing for new personal accounts, Play metadata, ads at
launch, payments outside Play Billing, impersonation. Detection reads manifest
components, accessibility configs, strings.xml, native toolchain versions and a
local build's merged manifest. New fixtures and tests; README table per store.
Detects the stack (native iOS / Android, React Native, Expo, Capacitor, Cordova,
Flutter, Unity, Godot) and the SDKs from a maintained table with versions,
file:line and each vendor's disclosure page, then reports App Store and Google
Play rejection risks with guideline, evidence, fix, severity and skill: 2.1(a)
demo account and placeholder text, 5.1.1(v) account deletion, 4.8 login
services, 3.1.1 restore and outside payments, 3.1.2 subscription info, 5.1.2(i)
ATT, purpose strings, privacy link, privacy manifest, 2.3.10, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 4.2
web wrappers, 2.5.1, 2.5.5, ATS, export compliance, 1.3 kids ads, review
prompts, privacy labels vs SDKs; Play target SDK 36, delete-account URL, App
access, foreground services, exact alarms, QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES, SMS / call log,
com.example package name.
Proposes Data safety / App Privacy / ATT / privacy manifest answers (detected
file:line or ask owner) as a diff against the config; --write adds only the
detected ones. scan.ignore records owner-accepted findings. MCP tool scan
(read-only), validate includes open findings, desktop Checks tab shows them.
Fixtures for iOS, Android, Capacitor, Unity, Flutter, clean and teaser.
