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Smoother app reviews with Play Policy Insights beta in Android Studio

Posted by Naheed Vora – Senior Product Manager, Android App Safety Making it easier for you to build safer apps from the start We understand you want clear Play policy guidance early in your development, so you can focus on building amazing experiences and prevent unexpected delays from disrupting launch plans. That’s why we’re making it easier to have smoother app publishing experiences, from the moment you start coding . With Play Policy Insights beta in Android Studio, you’ll get richer, in-context guidance on policies that may impact your app through lint warnings. You’ll see policy summaries, dos and don'ts to avoid common pitfalls, and direct links to details. We hope you caught an early demo at I/O . And now, you can check out Play Policy Insights beta in the Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop Canary release . Play Policy Insights beta in Android Studio shows rich, in-context guidance How to use Play Policy Insights beta in Android Studio Lint warnings will pop up as you code, like when you add a permission. For example, if you add an Android API that uses Photos and requires READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permission, then the Photos & Video Insights lint warning will appear under the respective API call line item in Android Studio. You can also get these insights by going to Code > Inspect for Play Policy Insights and selecting the project scope to analyze. The scope can be set to the whole project, the current module or file, or a custom scope . Get Play Policy Insights beta for the whole project, the current module or file, or a custom scope and see the results along with details for each insights in the Problems tool window. In addition to seeing these insights in Android Studio, you can also generate them as part of your Continuous Integration process by adding the following dependency to your project. Kotlin lintChecks( "com.google.play.policy.insights:insights-lint:<version>" ) Groovy lintChecks 'com.google.play.policy.insights:insights-lint:<version>' Share your feedback on Play Policy Insights beta We’re actively working on this feature and want your feedback to refine it before releasing it in the Stable channel of Android Studio later this year. Try it out, report issues , and stop by the Google Play Developer Help Community to share your questions and thoughts directly with our team. Join us on June 16 when we answer your questions. We’d love to hear about: How will this change your current Android app development and Google Play Store submission workflow? Which was more helpful in addressing issues: lint warnings in the IDE or lint warnings from CI build? What was most helpful in the policy guidance, and what could be improved? Developers have told us they like: Catching potential Google Play policy issues early, right in their code, so they can build more efficiently. Seeing potential Google Play policy issues and guidance all in one-place, reducing the need to dig through policy announcements and issue emails. Easily discussing potential issues with their team, now that everyone has shared information. Continuously checking for potential policy issues as they add new features, gaining confidence in a smoother launch. For more, see our Google Play Help Center article or Android Studio preview release notes . We hope features like this will help give you a better policy experience and more streamlined development.

Today @ WWDC25: Day 3

HELLO DEVELOPER Today @ WWDC25 Your daily guide to the conference. Today’s group labs Join Apple engineers and your developer peers online to ask questions, get advice, and follow the discussion about the week’s biggest announcements. Explore the new design Dive deep into our broadest design update ever. In today’s group labs, one-on-one labs, and video sessions, you’ll find out how the stunning new Apple design language elevates the content users care about most while creating a universal language across platforms. And you can begin your explorations with Liquid Glass, the new material that combines the optical qualities of glass with responsive fluidity. Register for the design group lab (12 p.m. PT) › You can also request one-on-one lab appointments with Apple experts for guidance on design. Request a one-on-one lab › Looking for what’s new? Get your apps and games ready for the new design. Adopting Liquid Glass › Explore the Human Interface Guidelines › Create icons with Icon Composer › Press play Learn all about the new design language in video sessions. Meet Liquid Glass Get to know the new design system Build a SwiftUI app with the new design Join the community Browse community activities taking place all throughout WWDC. And stop by the Apple Developer Forums to see what everyone is chatting about. Learn more about community › Congratulations to this year’s Apple Design Award winners One more round of applause for this year’s Apple Design Award winners, who got their well-deserved moment in the sun on Monday afternoon at Apple Park. View the complete list of winners and finalists, and visit the App Store to try them all out. View this year’s winners and finalists › View the collection on the App Store › TODAY'S PLAYLIST Everybody loves the sunshine Put a little sunshine in your day with a hand-curated playlist of summer favorites. Listen on Apple Music › Tell us how we’re doing We’d love to know your thoughts on this year’s conference. Take the survey › More to come We have good intelligence that says tomorrow has a lot to offer. We’ll catch you then.

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Today @ WWDC25: Day 2

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Updated agreements and guidelines now available

The Apple Developer Program License Agreement and App Review Guidelines have been revised to support new features and updated policies, and to provide clarification. Please review the changes below. Apple Developer Program License Agreement Section 3.3.3(D): Updated language on requirements for data and privacy. Section 3.3.3(N): Updated requirements for use of the ID Verifier APIs. Definitions, 3.3.3(P): Specified requirements for use of the Declared Age Range API. Definitions, 3.3.7(G): Specified requirements for use of the Wi-Fi Aware framework. Definitions, 3.3.7(H): Specified requirements for use of the TelephonyMessagingKit APIs. Definitions, 3.3.7(I): Specified requirements for use of the Default Dialer APIs. Definition, Section 3.3.8(H), Attachment 11: Specified requirements for use of EnergyKit. Definitions, 3.3.8(I): Specified requirements for use of the Foundation Models framework. Definitions, Attachment 4: Specified requirements for use of the iCloud Extended Share APIs. Section 6.4: Removed language on Bitcode submissions as it is no longer applicable, and replaced it with terms regarding iOS app widgets on CarPlay. Section 7.4(B): Updated and clarified requirements for TestFlight related to digital purchases and tester invitations. Section 7.7: Updated language on customization of icons and widgets. Section 7.8: Specified terms related to the Apple Games app. Attachment 6: Updated terms regarding the entity that distributes the map in China. App Review Guidelines 3.1.2(a), bullet 2: This language has been deleted (“You may offer a single subscription that is shared across your own apps and services”). 3.1.2(a), bullet 5: This language has been relocated to Guideline 3.2.2(x). 3.2.1(viii): Clarified that financial apps must have necessary licensing and permissions in the locations where developers make them available. 3.2.2(x): This new guideline contains the language relocated from Guideline 3.1.2(a), bullet 5, and permits developers to otherwise incentivize users to take specific actions within app. Please sign in to your account to accept the updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement. Translations of the guidelines will be available on Apple Developer website within one month.

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Today @ WWDC25: Day 1

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