Investigate conditional features in Google Play

[kylecorry31]

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A new developer policy update by Google Play requires all apps with health features to register as an organization, which is not something I'm looking to do (there's a bunch of extra requirements: DUNS number [registering a business], support phone listing, etc).

I don't believe Trail Sense has health features, but it made me fill out the form for the Activity Recognition permission (pedometer). I provided details on how it is used in Trail Sense, and I'm hoping Google doesn't make Trail Sense subject to this new policy.

If it does (Google has not provided a timeline), then I will be disabling the Pedometer feature on the Google Play version of Trail Sense. I will need to investigate the following (not changing unless Google forces me to):

• [ ] Removal of permissions for a build variant
• [ ] Hiding of features for a build variant

My hope is Trail Sense won't be subject to this new policy and there is no difference between the F-Droid and Google Play builds, but I don't want to be caught off guard. I know this would be much less than ideal, but Google's policies have also been less than ideal as well.

• Policy: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/14986433
• Someone else in the same boat (Google is never really clear who it will actually apply for): https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1e5z4c0/new_google_play_policy_forces_you_to_have_an/