App Crash: LICENSE_CHECK_FAILED

[orkun1675]

Hello, my app submission has recently been denied as it crashed when the Android review team was manually testing it.

Based on what I can see from the Crashlytics logs is that the games_services plugin was what caused this. Please see the stacktrace during the crash below:

My app does have anti-piracy turned on. And I imagine the Android review team haven't added themselves to the approved testers list. So it is expected that they will be getting LICENSE_CHECK_FAILED code for all Play Games requests.

[theLee3]

This is likely a configuration issue. Have you successfully run a release build on a device, or have you only run debug builds?

A few things to check:

1. Is the game published under Play Games Services Configuration? This is necessary for non-testers to have access to the features (including the Play Store testers).
2. Do you request internet permission in AndroidManifest.xml?
3. Are all client credentials configured correctly under Play Games Configuration?

[orkun1675]

The app and Play Games features are working as expected for internal testers. I create and publish test builds via Play Console and declare internal testers via the same UI. I also add these tester emails to the Play Games testers list.

The linked anti-piracy article states that the user will get LICENSE_CHECK_FAILED if they are not listed in the Play Games tester list. I was not able to reproduce this, though I didn't try with a fresh Gmail account.

In either case, the app should not be crashing if this status code is returned from GMS, right?

I was hoping #138 would address this issue.

[theLee3]

I see your point now. My bad.
You are correct. #138 does address this issue.