Google Play Console Notice - CardinalComm SDK 60 Warning Template - Id Bridging

[fahad86]

Email from Google Play console:

Subject: CardinalComm SDK 60 Warning Template - Id Bridging

Hi Developers at XX,

After a recent review, we found that your app XXX is not compliant with one or more of our Developer Program Policies. Please resolve this issue within 60 days of the issuance of this notification or your new releases may be rejected or the app may be removed from Google Play. See below for more information about your app’s status and how to correct the issue.

Issue with your app

Your app is using the Cardinal Mobile SDK which collects persistent device identifiers, but may not be limited to Android ID and hardware IDs. Persistent device identifiers may not be linked to any other personal and sensitive user data and/or resettable device identifiers (e.g., IMEI, IMSI, SIM Serial #, etc).

You may consider upgrading to a policy-compliant version of this SDK, if available from your SDK provider or removing the SDK. According to your SDK provider, you may consider upgrading to 2.2.7-2. Please consult the SDK provider for further information. Google is unable to endorse or recommend any third party software.

[appstart-lt]

We are experiencing the same issue on one of our projects. Google Play sent us the same email this morning. Our project uses the latest version (1.1.3), and it's been on Google Play for a long time, but it appears that, for some reason, Google started notifying developers recently. Has anyone been able to resolve it yet?

[PhilipBrew]

Got the same email this morning but unable to resolve yet.

[krizzu]

That's because the sub-dependency of Braintree (Cardinal Mobile SDK) was validating Google policies. They released a version with a fix. Since this package is not actively maintained, I'd not expect any updates soon.

You can override the version that this package is using by adding resolution strategy to your gradle builds script.

In your project, open android/app/build.gradle and add configuration block:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.eachDependency {
        if (requested.group == "org.jfrog.cardinalcommerce.gradle" && requested.name == "cardinalmobilesdk") {
            useVersion("2.2.7-2")
            because("user data consent per Google's Data Safety Policy")
        }
    }
}

you can confirm it has been replaced by running dependency task in android directory: ./gradlew app:dependencies. In displayed dependency tree, look for org.jfrog.cardinalcommerce.gradle package. It should say org.jfrog.cardinalcommerce.gradle:cardinalmobilesdk:2.2.5-2 -> 2.2.7-2