BarisKeser-ByeDPI/PLAY_RELEASE.md

Google Play — Release Checklist (BarisKeser-ByeDPI)

Everything the codebase can provide is done. The items marked [you] need to be completed by you in the Play Console / your machine.

Build / signing (done in this repo)

• applicationId = com.bariskeser.byedpi (permanent once first uploaded to Play).
• targetSdk / compileSdk = 35 (Play requirement), AGP 8.6.1, Gradle 8.7. Edge-to-edge is opted out via values-v35/themes.xml so the current UI is unaffected.
• Release signing reads the keystore from env/secrets (app/build.gradle.kts).
• CI (.github/workflows/release.yml) builds a signed APK (sideload) and AAB (Play) on a v* tag or manual dispatch, and attaches them to a GitHub Release.

Produce the upload artifact (.aab)

1. [you] Create an upload keystore and add the 4 repo secrets (KEYSTORE_BASE64, KEYSTORE_PASSWORD, KEY_ALIAS, KEY_PASSWORD) — see the commands you were given earlier.
2. [you] Tag a release:

   git tag v2.0.0 && git push origin v2.0.0
   

   The Release APK workflow runs and publishes the byedpi-release-aab artifact (and a GitHub Release). Download the .aab from the run's Artifacts.
3. [you] Enroll in Play App Signing when creating the app (recommended): Play holds the app-signing key; your keystore is the upload key.

Store listing (provided in fastlane/metadata/android/)

• Title: BarisKeser-ByeDPI (en-US, tr-TR).
• Short + full descriptions: en-US and tr-TR written.
• App icon 512×512: app/src/main/ic_launcher-playstore.png (also play-assets/icon-512.png).
• Feature graphic 1024×500: play-assets/feature-graphic.png (also in each locale's images/).
• [you] Phone screenshots: min 2 (1080×1920 or similar). Placeholders exist under fastlane/.../en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/ — replace with real screenshots of the app.

Policy / declarations [you]

• Privacy policy URL (required for VPN apps): host PRIVACY.md publicly and paste the URL in Play Console → Store listing / App content. Easiest: enable GitHub Pages, or link the raw file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/barkeser2002/BarisKeser-ByeDPI/master/PRIVACY.md
• Data safety form: declare No data collected / no data shared (matches PRIVACY.md).
• VpnService policy: Play scrutinizes VPN apps. Declare that VpnService is the app's core functionality (on-device DPI-bypass tunnel; no remote VPN server). Be ready to explain this in the review notes.
• Foreground service: the app uses FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE (subtype vpn/proxy). Play may ask you to justify SPECIAL_USE in the console — describe the local proxy/VPN.
• Content rating: complete the questionnaire (utility app, no objectionable content).
• Target audience: not directed at children.
• Ads: none. In-app purchases: none.

Notes

• Versioning: versionCode must increase every upload (currently 11). Bump it per release.
• Keep applicationId = com.bariskeser.byedpi — it cannot change after the first upload.
• License/attribution: this is a fork of ByeDPIAndroid using ByeDPI (hufrea/byedpi); keep upstream attribution (already in README/links). Verify the upstream LICENSE permits store redistribution before publishing.