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Removing Full-Screen Intent Permission from Flutter Android

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Today I'm trying to submit a new version of the Flutter Android app to Google Play Store.
I didn't put any new features, just some bug fixes.
I didn't even change the dependencies.
Normally no issue whatsoever when I send it to the Google Play Store.

But, something unexpected happened.
I got an error message from the Play Store with the following message.

Your app uses the USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT permission. From May 31, 2024, some apps may no longer be eligible to have this permission pre-granted at install. Apps that aren't eligible or approved for this, must request permission from the user to launch an activity with full-screen intent. If the permission isn't granted and you don't check for this, your app will crash when full-screen intent is being used.

Well, this is unusual.

I didn't use that permission in my app.
So it's probably coming from one of my dependencies.

Luckily, it's an easy fix.

To fix this issue, we just need to add a few lines to the AndroidManifest.xml file.

You can find the manifest file at android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.
Here's what the content of my manifest file looks like before I fix the issue.

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

    <application>
        <!-- ... -->
    </application>
</manifest>
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Now let's fix it by adding some configuration lines.

The first one is to add following snippet to manifest tag.

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
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Then you also need to add the following user permission removal under the manifest tag.

<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT"
    tools:node="remove" />
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The final AndroidManifest.xml file will look something like the following snippet.

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission
        android:name="android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT"
        tools:node="remove" />

    <application>
        <!-- ... -->
    </application>
</manifest>
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Once you make the changes, update your app version, and republish to Google Play Store.
This time it won't have any issue!

Thanks for reading and have a good day!

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