Effective October 28, 2026, Google Play enforces an updated Location Permissions policy. The most significant change is the removal of geofencing as an approved use case for foreground services. Developers must now utilize the specialized Geofence API rather than maintaining constant foreground services for location tracking.
Here's the original announcement: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16926792?sjid=5879463928515191284-NC
Is Radar working on a solution for this new policy? Any guidance on when the API will replace / remove the current foreground services approach?
Effective October 28, 2026, Google Play enforces an updated Location Permissions policy. The most significant change is the removal of geofencing as an approved use case for foreground services. Developers must now utilize the specialized Geofence API rather than maintaining constant foreground services for location tracking.
Here's the original announcement: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16926792?sjid=5879463928515191284-NC
Is Radar working on a solution for this new policy? Any guidance on when the API will replace / remove the current foreground services approach?