Remove background location access or document in a video why it is needed

[mariobehling]

According to Google the app requires background location access, which is maybe not needed. Google states:

To help prevent unnecessary access to background location, the policy will allow access only if it’s critical to the app’s core functionality and provides clear user benefit. We found that many apps that requested background location don’t actually need it. Removing or changing it to foreground can help apps be battery-efficient and avoid poor app ratings when users don’t want to share their location.

If your app uses background location data, you must remove access to location in the background or get approval for the requests by March 29, 2021 so your app can stay on Google Play.

If your apps aren’t eligible to access location in the background or don’t meet requirements for accessing location in the background, please remove the permission from your manifest and in-app functionality.

If the feature is needed we need to explain to Google why and where it is needed and get approval by explaining it and making a video as follows.

Tips for getting approval
• If your app has multiple features that use background location, choose the one that provides the most user benefit. Describe in detail why background (and not foreground) location is needed and how it is used. Learn more•You must include a short video that shows how users will encounter your location-based feature and enable it in-app. If your video doesn’t show this or we can’t access the link, your request won’t be approved. We recommend that you upload it to YouTube or Google Drive. | •If your app has multiple features that use background location, choose the one that provides the most user benefit. Describe in detail why background (and not foreground) location is needed and how it is used. Learn more | • | If your app has multiple features that use background location, choose the one that provides the most user benefit. Describe in detail why background (and not foreground) location is needed and how it is used. Learn more | •You must include a short video that shows how users will encounter your location-based feature and enable it in-app. If your video doesn’t show this or we can’t access the link, your request won’t be approved. We recommend that you upload it to YouTube or Google Drive. | • | You must include a short video that shows how users will encounter your location-based feature and enable it in-app. If your video doesn’t show this or we can’t access the link, your request won’t be approved. We recommend that you upload it to YouTube or Google Drive.
•If your app has multiple features that use background location, choose the one that provides the most user benefit. Describe in detail why background (and not foreground) location is needed and how it is used. Learn more | • | If your app has multiple features that use background location, choose the one that provides the most user benefit. Describe in detail why background (and not foreground) location is needed and how it is used. Learn more
• | If your app has multiple features that use background location, choose the one that provides the most user benefit. Describe in detail why background (and not foreground) location is needed and how it is used. Learn more
•You must include a short video that shows how users will encounter your location-based feature and enable it in-app. If your video doesn’t show this or we can’t access the link, your request won’t be approved. We recommend that you upload it to YouTube or Google Drive. | • | You must include a short video that shows how users will encounter your location-based feature and enable it in-app. If your video doesn’t show this or we can’t access the link, your request won’t be approved. We recommend that you upload it to YouTube or Google Drive.
• | You must include a short video that shows how users will encounter your location-based feature and enable it in-app. If your video doesn’t show this or we can’t access the link, your request won’t be approved. We recommend that you upload it to YouTube or Google Drive.

[spacemonkey1101]

@mariobehling do you have any suggestions on which one would be beneficial?