Styjun

A change of policy has been made at google play console and I started getting these weird email notifying me that my app was removed -

"We only allow apps to access Call Log or SMS data for permitted uses
and only to enable the app’s core functionality."

Thing is that I have any of these permission requests neither in my app.json nor I have any library requesting such a thing (I pretty sure).
Under permission in my app.json I tried adding "ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" instead of leaving that empty, because I read somewhere that it prevents expo from requesting default (READ_SMS) permissions, but it didn't work.

Also, I didn't see anywhere where it says that the lib react-native-phone-call requests either of these above permissions.

my package.json:

 "name": "empty-project-template",
 "main": "node_modules/expo/AppEntry.js",
 "private": true,
 "scripts": 
 "start": "expo start",
 "android": "expo start --android",
 "ios": "expo start --ios",
 "eject": "expo eject"
 ,
 "dependencies": 
 "@babel/preset-env": "^7.1.6",
 "@babel/preset-flow": "^7.0.0",
 "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
 "@expo/vector-icons": "^8.0.0",
 "aws-amplify": "^1.1.21",
 "aws-amplify-react-native": "^2.1.7",
 "axios": "^0.18.0",
 "expo": "^32.0.0",
 "firebase": "^5.5.7",
 "lodash": "^4.17.11",
 "moment": "^2.22.2",
 "react": "16.5.0",
 "react-moment": "^0.8.2",
 "react-native": "https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-32.0.0.tar.gz",
 "react-native-confirmation-code-input": "^1.0.4",
 "react-native-elements": "^0.19.1",
 "react-native-fast-image": "^5.1.0",
 "react-native-fetch-blob": "^0.10.8",
 "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.4.2",
 "react-native-modal": "^7.0.2",
 "react-native-modal-dropdown": "^0.6.2",
 "react-native-phone-call": "^1.0.9",
 "react-native-timer-countdown": "^2.0.3",
 "react-navigation": "^2.17.0",
 "react-redux": "^5.0.7",
 "redux": "^4.0.1",
 "redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
 "typeface-raleway": "0.0.54"
 ,
 "rnpm": 
 "assets": [
 "./assets/fonts/"
 ]
 

my app.json

 "expo": 
 "privacy": "public",
 "sdkVersion": "32.0.0",
 "platforms": ["ios", "android"],
 "version": "1.1.0",
 "orientation": "portrait",
 "icon": "./....png",
 "splash": 
 "image": "./assets/SplashScreen.png",
 "resizeMode": "cover",
 "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
 ,
 "facebookAppId": ".....",
 "facebookDisplayName": "....",
 "facebookScheme": "...",
 "updates": 
 "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 0
 ,
 "assetBundlePatterns": [
 "**/*"
 ],
 "ios": 
 "buildNumber": "15",
 "supportsTablet": true,
 "bundleIdentifier": ".......",
 "infoPlist": 
 "LSApplicationQueriesSchemes": ["fbapi", "fb-messenger-share-api", "fbauth2", "fbshareextension"]
 
 ,
 "android": 
 "versionCode": 15,
 "package": "....",
 "permissions":[]
 
 

its a new policy buy google they won't allow you to do in app phone calls and texting without very specific permissions, basically you have to be a messing app to get approved, they are retroactivly removing any app from the store that has the permission in their xml but that does not comply with the new rules