I've been having a warning in the Ads App Content of Google Play saying that "We found ad SDKs in your app". After publishing many versions trying to resolve that, I discovered that the cause is these lines in my app-level build Gradle file:
implementation ('com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics-impl:18.0.1') {
exclude module: "play-services-ads"
exclude module: "play-services-ads-identifier"
exclude module: "play-services-measurement"
exclude module: "play-services-measurement-sdk"
}
Is there something I could be missing to exclude?
I ran 'gradlew -q dependencies app:dependencies command' and these are the transitive dependencies of the library:
--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics-impl:18.0.1
| --- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.0.1
| | --- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0
| | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | --- androidx.core:core:1.2.0
| | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0
| | | --- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.0.0
| | | | --- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | --- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | \--- androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.1.0
| | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0
| | | \--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
| | --- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0
| | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | --- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0
| | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | --- androidx.documentfile:documentfile:1.0.0
| | | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0
| | | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | | --- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:2.0.0
| | | | | | | --- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.0.0
| | | | | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | | | | \--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
| | | | | | | --- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.0.0
| | | | | | | | --- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0 (*)
| | | | | | | | --- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
| | | | | | | | \--- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.0.0 (*)
| | | | | | | \--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
| | | | | | \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.0.0
| | | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.0.0
| | | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.print:print:1.0.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | --- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.viewpager:viewpager:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.drawerlayout:drawerlayout:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.slidingpanelayout:slidingpanelayout:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.interpolator:interpolator:1.0.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | --- androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | --- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | | \--- androidx.interpolator:interpolator:1.0.0 (*)
| | | | --- androidx.asynclayoutinflater:asynclayoutinflater:1.0.0
| | | | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | | | \--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0 (*)
| | | | \--- androidx.cursoradapter:cursoradapter:1.0.0
| | | | \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | --- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 (*)
| | | --- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
| | | --- androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0 (*)
| | | \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.0.0 (*)
| | --- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:18.0.0
| | | --- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
| | | --- androidx.core:core:1.2.0 (*)
| | | \--- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 (*)
| | \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:18.0.1
| | \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:18.0.0 (*)
| --- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:18.0.0 (*)
| \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:17.0.3
| --- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 (*)
| \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:18.0.0 (*)
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