com.paypal.android.sdk:data-collector Violating Problem from Google Play Developer Console

[Sinson48]

We have integrated react-native-paypal(4.1.0) in our react-native application.
We are getting a policy violation message from the Google play developer team. The message as follows. This is for android version.

Issue found: Violation of User Data, Permissions and APIs that Access Sensitive Information Policies
We have observed that your app is using an SDK that is designed to collect device location by default. This SDK can result in your app violating the prominent disclosure and consent and/or approved purpose requirements of Google Play’s User Data and Permissions and APIs that Access Sensitive Information policies. You are hereby requested to provide evidence of your compliance with the Prominent Disclosure and Consent requirements. Your app submissions will be rejected pending your action.
Issue details
We found an issue in the following area(s):

• Version code 344:
  • SDK: Paypal Data Collector com.paypal.android.sdk:data-collector (consider upgrading to version com.braintreepayments.api:data-collector:3.21.0)
• Version code 347:
  • SDK: Paypal Data Collector com.paypal.android.sdk:data-collector (consider upgrading to version com.braintreepayments.api:data-collector:3.21.0)

We cannot publish our application which has number of features & issue fixes.

[olessavluk]

this is coming from official Android SDK, will need them to suggest solution first braintree/braintree_android#931

[pavelglebov]

+1

[pavelglebov]

Apparently, v3 is no longer approved by Google. SDK team suggests to migrate to v4: braintree/braintree_android#931 (comment)

[conghaile]

For anyone who googled their way here, just use https://github.com/ekreative/react-native-braintree now

[nabilfreeman]

I just finished moving to the linked React Native Braintree library above.

This morning I was very nervous about making the move as payment integration is usually something that just goes on and on in a very indeterminate way.

First I actually tried to migrate this library to v4. I would strongly not recommend doing that unless you are very experienced with Android or you are an expert in the Braintree SDK as there are quite a lot of architectural changes.

Giving up on that I migrated to the new library and it only took a few minutes to make the necessary changes. You will probably have many of the things integrated already, for example the Info.plist changes were already done.