Prepare Android publication

The Android Access App application is provided as Android App Bundle for your production environment with production flavor. For testing purposes, we also deliver the Android Package Kit (APK) in the flavors production and integration. Both versions are unsigned.

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For more information on the Android App Bundle, see Android App Bundle.

Prerequisites

• From August 2021, new apps are published with the Android App Bundle on Google Play. If you want to distribute your application in the Google Play Store, sign the Android App Bundle as described in Signing the Android App Bundle.
• You can use the production and integration APKs to test both flavors internally. Before installing the APKs, sign them. For more information, see Signing the APK.

Sign the Android App Bundle

The prerequisite is a keystore with a private key to sign the app as Android App Bundle or as APK.

We recommend following the official Google recommendation

Sign the APK

The prerequisite is a keystore with a private key to sign the app as Android App Bundle or as APK.

We recommend following the official Google recommendation

App content declarations

You're required to fill out policy declarations in order to list your app in the Google Play Store. Although we're listing the necessary policy information in this document, read through and follow the official documentation.

1. Go to Google Play Console, and select your Access App.
2. On the left side in the Policy and programs section, select App Content.

• Financial features: Select My app doesn't provide any financial features.
• Government apps: Select No.
• COVID-19 contact tracing and status apps: Check My app is not a publicly available COVID-19 contact tracing or status app.
• Advertising ID: Does your app use advertising ID? Select No.
• Privacy policy: Supply a URL to your privacy policy page.
• News apps: Is your app a news app? Select No.
• Content rating: Select Everyone / All ages.
• Ads: Select No, my app does not contain ads.
• Target audience and content:
  • Select appropriate target age group.
  • Appeal to children: Could your store listing unintentionally appeal to children? Select No.

Data safety

The Data safety questionnaire requires more information.

Data collection and security

• Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types?
  • Select Yes.
• Which of the following methods of account creation does your app support? Select all that apply.
  • Check Username and other authentication.
• Add a link that users can use to request that their account and associated data is deleted.
  • Supply an account deletion link.
• Do you provide a way for users to request that some or all of their data is deleted, without requiring them to delete their account?.
  • Probably the answer here is no.

Data types

• Personal info: Check User IDs.
• App activity: Check App interactions.
• App info and performance: Check Crash logs and Diagnostics.
• Device or other IDs: Check Device or other IDs.

Data usage and handling

• Personal info
  • Check collected.
  • Is this data processed ephemerally?
    • Select No, this collected data is not processed ephemerally.
  • Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected?
    • Select Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection).
  • Why is this user data collected?
    • Check App functionality.
    • Check Account Management.

App info and performance

Nevis Authentication Cloud only

Only Nevis Access Apps using the Nevis Authentication Cloud backend collect crash and diagnostics data. For the Nevis Identity Suite this step can be skipped, no crash logs or diagnostic data is collected.

• Data type Crash logs
  • Is this data collected, shared, or both?
    • Check collected.
  • Is this data processed ephemerally?
    • Select No, this collected data is not processed ephemerally.
  • Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected?
    • Select Users can choose whether this data is collected.
  • Why is this user data collected? Select all that apply.
    • Check Analytics.
• Data type Diagnostics
  • Is this data collected, shared, or both?.
    • Check Collected.
  • Is this data processed ephemerally?
    • Select No, this collected data is not processed ephemerally.
  • Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected?
    • Select Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection).
  • Why is this user data collected? Select all that apply
    • Check Analytics.

App Activity

Nevis Authentication Cloud only

Only Nevis Access Apps using the Nevis Authentication Cloud backend collect crash and diagnostics data. For the Nevis Identity Suite this step can be skipped, no crash logs or diagnostic data is collected.

• Data type App interactions
  • Is this data collected, shared, or both?
    • Check Collected.
  • Is this data processed ephemerally?
    • Select No, this collected data is not processed ephemerally.
  • Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected?
    • Select Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection).
  • Why is this user data collected? Select all that apply.
    • Check Analytics
    • Check Fraud prevention, security, and compliance

Device or other IDs

• Data type Device or other IDs
  • Is this data collected, shared, or both?
    • Check Collected
  • Is this data processed ephemerally?
    • Select No, this collected data is not processed ephemerally.
  • Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected?
    • Select Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection).
  • Why is this user data collected? Select all that apply.
    • Check App functionality
    • Check Fraud prevention, security, and compliance