What your Android build has to answer for
What an Android build shipping in India has to answer for: the Google Play obligations, and the RBI paragraph that names permissions in a manifest.
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Android 16 is now the submission gate: target API 36, and what the 1 November window actually is
Since 31 August 2026, Google Play has applied two requirements to two different sets of apps under one date, with two very different verbs. A new…
The manifest two authorities regulate: RBI paragraph 12(i) and Google Play's Financial Services permission list
Two instruments reach the same AndroidManifest.xml. The Reserve Bank of India (Digital Lending) Directions, 2025 name the phone resources a Digit…
Every Play package must be registered by 30 September 2026 — and the install-side milestone is a different obligation
Two obligations, one date. Install-side verification enforcement begins on 30 September 2026 for users installing from seven named stores in Braz…
Applying this to your own estate
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