I’ve published my first app with Defold, in beta version, to Google Play store. According to Developer Console my app requires android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS and android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE, which requires me to provide a privacy policy.
I’ve tried to remove these permissions from manifest, but the application crashes like this:
java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10216 nor current process has android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE.
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1472)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1426)
at com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephonyRegistry$Stub$Proxy.listen(ITelephonyRegistry.java:262)
at android.telephony.TelephonyManager.listen(TelephonyManager.java:1651)
at com.defold.sound.SoundManager$1.run(SoundManager.java:68)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5476)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
So it seems something really needs READ_PHONE_STATE.
Do I have to use one of those online privacy policy generators, in which I explain why how when I collect user information? I don’t collect anything! What are other Defold users doing?