Android Release Lint - target API 36, Play Billing and policy blockers

Finds the lines that make Google Play reject your release - target API below 36, Billing Library below 8, 4 KB-only native libs - and prints the date each gate closed.

For Android teams: new apps and updates must target API 35 or higher from 31 August 2025 and API 36 from 31 August 2026.

What it does for free

• Full check of the file you have open - every rule, every line, with the gate date and the fix
• Reopen the last report without re-running the scan
• See every Play gate rule, its severity and its deadline

With a licence

• Every module, flavour and manifest in the repo at once — One command walks the whole workspace instead of the single file you have open, so a blocker hiding in a library module or a product flavour is found before the upload.
• Machine-readable output your CI can fail on — Prints the findings as JSON so the build breaks on your runner, days before Play breaks it on the upload.
• A dated release-readiness report you can hand to a client or a lead — Writes the findings to CSV, JSON or HTML in the workspace, so the migration work can be quoted, tracked and signed off.
• Re-checks on every save while you migrate — Runs the same rules each time you save, so a raised targetSdk or a bumped Billing Library is confirmed the moment you type it.

Get the full version - $29 - $29 once, one licence key per person or team seat.

Full workspace sweep and report: licence key.

Install

ext install play-release-blocker-lint