Google Play Console: "You have not completed a government apps declaration."

Question

I am submitting an update of my app on Google Play Console.

I get the following message:

You have not completed a government apps declaration.

What does that mean and what should I do?

Manolete

FYI, this kind of question is considered off-topic: meta.#272665 – Lie

Answer 1

You just need to fill out a form under "Policy" > "App content" for that app. It's just 1 question. If it's not done yet, it will be at the top of the list on that page.

Bordie

Someone else experiencing the issue that the form is not listed on the App content page? – Ofelia

Weird. We get the same warning, but under "Policy" > "App content" everything is green and "ticked" - as it has been for many months. There is no "Goverment Apps" section. – Mercury

So bad that Google can't provide a link to that page or simply a description on how to fix the warning, in the warning text. The Google Play Console has become some insanely obtuse and complicated over the years. – Abyss

Answer 2

• Search in Play Console: "App content" сhoose it
• Refresh the page

Don't know why but at first it was all green, but after the "refresh page" the Government section appeared at the top of the list.

Lotze

Your right, a hard refresh fixed it. Ugh – Berga

I uploaded a build to Internal testing and looked in App Content again and now it was there - maybe that was like a hard refresh who knows 😅 – Aspersorium

Your answer of clicking 'App Content' from the start worked over the accepted answer for me. Clicking 'Policy Status' got me nowhere. – Eisele

The "App content" button currently sits under Policy and programs in the console's main side panel. The section loaded is the same place where you declare other things like your Privacy policy link, use of ads, content ratings, etc. This Government apps declaration is a relatively new one Google added to the list, so perhaps your browser had some old version of the play console cached at the time, necessitating a refresh. – Hospitalet

Answer 3

• Go to App Content
• Refresh The page
• The Government Apps option would pop up right at the top of the list:

Hellbox

Hi . Do you have a template or an example of the submitted form " government apps proof of permission" that you have uploaded to google ? Please share a template with us – Oversubtle

@Oversubtle Did you find any document for the same? If Yes please upload it here. – Tractor

@Tractor : Not yet brother, I've just ignored the google play request for now. If I find a template document I will share it with you here. – Oversubtle