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

Question

In manifest not added android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE. permission.

Why error comes when I upload a new apk version error comes below.

Your app has an apk w

Answer 1

I was facing same issue and got the error while uploading apk to Google play. I used ads in my app, and I was not even mentioned READ_PHONE_STATE permission in my manifest file. but yet I got this error. Then I change dependencies for ads in build.gradle file. and then it solved my issue. They solved this issue in 12.0.1.

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:12.0.1'