From cc3ce7492dc1f5494bc7e266f1fbb158a3542d41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rich <james.a.rich@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 15:33:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove Android Auto manifest entry causing Play Store
 rejection

The com.google.android.gms.car.application meta-data and
automotive_app_desc.xml declared Auto support without providing any
actual Auto functionality, triggering Google Play's Auto App Quality
Guidelines rejection.

Removes the manifest entry and the XML descriptor. The Android Auto
feature is still in development on #5633 (draft) and will be
re-introduced when ready.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml             | 4 ----
 androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 8 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml

diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d6d296ea19..1617931552 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@
             android:name="org.apache.http.legacy"
             android:required="false" />
 
-        <!-- Android Auto: surface MessagingStyle notifications on the car's head unit -->
-        <meta-data
-            android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
-            android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc" />
 
         <!-- Default crash collection and analytics off until we (possibly) turn it on in application.onCreate -->
         <meta-data
diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml b/androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66dd335d1a..0000000000
--- a/androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<automotiveApp>
-    <uses name="notification" />
-</automotiveApp>