brandly / brandly/angular-youtube-embed

Rejected from the Play Store

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Description

I am using this in an ionic hybrid app, and it got rejected for this reason:

REASON FOR REJECTION:Violation of the Prohibited Actions provision of the Content Policy.

After a regular review, we have determined that your app enables background playing of YouTube videos, which is a violation of the YouTube API Terms of Service:

“Your API Client will not, and You will not encourage or create functionality for Your users or other third parties to: (8) separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;”

I am playing the video simply, like this: ``

Does anyone know what I need to do to avoid being rejected?

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The issue identifies the Angular youtube-video directive usage but names no source file, test, or entry point. Start by reviewing how this directive handles player configuration and background playback; done would require a policy-compliant resolution, though the issue does not define a specific code change or test.

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Tech stack
angular
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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