I'm hoping somebody has wrestled with this issue and can help me out of the morass. My app is up and running in Google Play, Samsung, Amazon and the Apple App Store and properly serving ads in every one except Amazon. However, despite the presence of several ad sources in my mediation group only Admob seems to be serving ads and it almost looks as if the mediation group is being bypassed and only Admob is working. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Well, I did include several tags like "Open bidding" and "mediation" but my score was insufficient for this privilege. I also included some screenshots but they were disallowed. The problem is that I have a mediation group set up for open bidding that is serving ads but only from Admob and according to the instructions I've followed I should be seeing action from all the ad sources. Kudos to Stack Overflow for a response from a DNA based life form! That's a lot more than I'm able to get from Admob. 🤔
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The most recent update to my app on Google Play was rejected because the app "contains ad content that is not appropriate for children".
App update rejected
More specifically it was rejected because the app is rated 3+ but it showed an ad for Bigo Live, a social app rated 12+.
Bigo Live ad in the app
I know the solution is to block ads of this kind using MoPub Content Blocking. But the question is, what IAB category does it fall under?
Use Content Blocking in mopub and block this app:
Content blocking at the account level is the one-stop place to apply advertising filters across your account. Here, you can block advertiser URLs, install ads for specific apps, and general ad categories across all the apps in your account. You can always override these account-wide settings at the app level if you want to set unique content filters for individual apps.
Also, if you app is not targeted toward kids you can got to Google Play Console > App Content > Target audience and content > and chose higher target age
So I have had an app in google play for almost 6 months now, the last two month I updated my apps screenshots and from there I begun to get an app rejection each time I update My app.
The last time I fired an appeal and it got accepted so I thought that after the appeal got accepted I won't have any issue when I update my app in the future.
But now I got a new update and it got rejected again with Not adhering to Unauthorized use of copyrighted content policy
Those are the screenshots that I created my self.
Now what is the problem, Why do the google auto validation bots not accept those images?
Since the appeal got accepted it means that there should not be any problem.
Is there any way I could validate those images online for google play? and see what's wrong?
Or do you see any problem here that I can't see?
Here is the link to my google app if someone would like to check it out and see if I violate any policy with the description or otherwise.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.novelmanager&gl=SE
Here is the rejection mail I got.
Hi Developers at Alen Toma,
After a recent review, we found that your app NovelManager (com.novelmanager) is not compliant with one or more of our Developer Program Policies. See below for more information about your app’s status and how to correct the issue.
Issue with your app
Your app contains content that doesn't comply with the Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Content policy.
About Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Content policy
We don’t allow apps that infringe copyright. Modifying copyrighted content may still lead to a violation. Developers may be required to provide evidence of their rights to use copyrighted content.
App status: Rejected
Your app has been rejected and wasn't published due to this policy issue. If you submitted an update, the previous version of your app is still available on Google Play.
Action required: Submit an updated app for review
Here’s what to do to help get your app on Google Play:
Please review the Developer Distribution Agreement and Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Content policy.
Make appropriate changes to your app, and be sure to address the issue described above. Also check your app’s store listing for compliance, if applicable.
Double check that your app is compliant with all other Developer Program Policies.
Sign in to your Play Console and submit the update to your app.
Not adhering to Unauthorized use of copyrighted content policy
The copyrighted content includes the novels.
one of the cover images has copyrighted content that could be anything character or logo for example I can write a story that includes superman the story it self not copyrighted but the cover has superman image witch is copyrighted
you can try to blur the images something like this
So here I am again, exploring new Google platform and hunting down information and docs.
I'm trying to build a skeleton of a flow before I write any business logic code with actual use of the APIs, and as expected from Google, this process is excruciatingly painful.
I've tried to follow this doc:
https://developers.google.com/gsuite/marketplace/listing
Packaged the zip, put the flag DOMAIN_INSTALLABLE flag as was instructed in order for the app to be installible from the marketplace. In the dashboard of PRICING & DISTRIBUTION I've selected Private and added testers to the list of testers.
Now when I click View in Chrome Web Store (seen in image) it takes me to the extensions web store, and not to the marketplace store.
How can I get to the GSuite Marketplace flow, rather than the extension flow? Do I need to alter my manifest.json in some way that is not mentioned in the docs?
Thanks
it's true that the publishing flow is too complicated now. We are working on improvements and in the future everything will be in one place.
Unfortunately G Suite Marketplace does not support trusted testers (yet), that's why it doesn't show up.
What you might be able to do, is modify the url a bit after you clicked on 'View in Chrome Web Store'.
Just remove everything after the webstore id
I use this url:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xxxxxx
xxxx should be your webstore id
You should be able to show your unlisted app in the Gsuite Marketplace, where you can initiate the install flow.
It works for me, but my test app
I'm trying to access the Facebook config page for my bot and I keep getting "Sad bot is sad... can't find a bot named bot_name"
Is anyone having issues with the platform right now?
Microsoft's team solved it, as it's showed here.
We're not having any portal specific problems. If you want to share your bot handle with us at BotFramework#microsoft.com I can see if there's anything interesting in our logs.
-- just a note, we were actually having portal problems, it was just impacting only one box in one datacenter making it erratic to track down. Thanks for the report!
I am trying to create a location-based services Android application. I had successfully getting the user reviews from Google Places API by following the guidance from this link.
https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/details
I also found many posts regarding how to get user reviews from Google Places. But Now I want to create a function which user can insert reviews from my application. Is there anyway to do that?
Thanks.
No. There is no API for writing review. Also the Google+ mobile URL doesn't have the write review option from last year. Its a bug , but Google is not fixing this.
There is only one way to write review is through desktop URL. I have a similar location base app in play store where I have done some workaround to show desktop site to write review.