Learning Android Development

Tips on Android 13 Advertising ID Requirement Support

A requirement for publishing an App that targets Android SDK 33 Compilation

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This is a must-update for all Apps targetted Android SDK 33 (and newer) before publishing the App up to PlayStore. There are 2 steps required, and each of them has its own tricky bits to tackle.

They are provided in this video.

I’ll be sharing the two steps, and then provide the extra bit of how to tackle the tricky bits.

1. Update AD_ID Permission in AndroidManifest

The requirement is clearly spelled out in

Advertising ID

In short, just need to add the below

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID"/>

in the AndroidManifest.xml i.e.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"…