Uploaded an APK which has an activity, activity alias, service or broadcast receiver with intentfilter, but without 'android : exported' property set

I'm having an issue when I'm uploading an app bundle to the play console that:

> You uploaded an APK or Android App Bundle which has an activity, activity alias, service or broadcast receiver with intent filter, but without 'android:exported' property set. This file can't be installed on Android 12 or higher.

But my manifest file includes the property.

### Manifest file

```lang-xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="**********">
<!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" />

<application
android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
android:label="*****"
android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">

<meta-data
android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon"
android:resource="@drawable/ic_stat_artboard_1" />

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="Z*********"/>

<provider
android:name="vn.hunghd.flutterdownloader.DownloadedFileProvider"
android:authorities="im.mingguang.mingguang_app.flutter_downloader.provider"
android:grantUriPermissions="true"
android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/>
</provider>

<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">

<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/>
</provider>

<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTop"
android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:exported="true"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="FLUTTER_NOTIFICATION_CLICK" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<!-- Don't delete the meta-data below.
This is used by the Flutter tool to generate GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java -->
<meta-data
android:name="flutterEmbedding"
android:value="2" />
</application>
</manifest>
```

Play Console Error

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For me, adding `android:exported="true"` to `MainActivity` was not enough.

But I also had to remove the [Huawei][1] agcp and hms for push notification to let it work.

It seems that it uses an activity, activity alias, service or broadcast without `android:exported`.

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On about the 11th of January 2022, the Play Store introduced a lint check when uploading APKs to verify `exported` attributes are set correctly in the manifest.

Tools like [DexGuard][1] that obfuscate attribute names will cause the Play Store linter to fail, since it will be unable to check for `exported` attributes.

To fix this, configure obfuscation tools to keep attribute names in the manifest.

Here is the rule we used for DexGuard:

```
-keepresourcexmlattributenames manifest/**
```


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I added *android:exported="true"* to my main activity, but that didn't fix the issue for me.

However, I suspected this is a change that some packages have only recently implemented. I checked my pub outdated, and had a few older versions of key packages (in my case I was a major version behind on Firebase storage). Once I had updated to the latest possible versions in file *pubspec.yaml* the compiled file was accepted on upload to the Google Play.

I solved it by writing

```lang-none
android:exported="true"
```

in `activity` below the `android:name=".MainActivity"`.

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If your app targets Android 12 or higher and contains activities, services, or broadcast receivers that use intent filters, you must explicitly declare the android:exported attribute for these app components.

If the app component includes the LAUNCHER category, set android:exported to true. In most other cases, set android:exported to false.

The following code snippet shows an example of a service that contains an intent filter whose android:exported attribute is set to false:

```lang-xml
<service android:name="com.example.app.backgroundService"
android:exported="false">

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.example.app.START_BACKGROUND" />
</intent-filter>
</service>

<receiver android:name="com.example.app.serives.SilentPushReceiver"
android:exported="false">

<intent-filter>
<!-- Receive silent push notifications. -->
<action
android:name="uz.usoft.kidya.action.ymp.SILENT_PUSH_RECEIVE"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>

<activity android:name="com.example.app.SplashScreenActivity"
android:exported="true">

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>

<activity
android:name="com.example.app.MainActivity"
android:exported="false"/>
```

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If your app targets [Android 12][1] or higher and contains activities, services, or broadcast receivers that use intent filters, you must explicitly declare the android:exported attribute for these app components.

Warning: If an activity, service, or broadcast receiver uses intent filters and doesn't have an explicitly-declared value for *android:exported*, your app can't be installed on a device that runs Android 12 or higher.

If the app component includes the LAUNCHER category, set *android:exported* to true. In most other cases, set android:exported to false.

The following code snippet shows an example of a service that contains an intent filter whose *android:exported* attribute is set to false:

```lang-xml
<service android:name="com.example.app.backgroundService"
android:exported="false">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.example.app.START_BACKGROUND" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
```

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I downgraded to **targetSdkVersion 30** and **compileSdkVersion 30** in file *build.gradle*.

It should work fine.

In my case **geocoding** was the package which caused the problem
So it wouldn't build with the 30 SdkVersion, so I had to deleted the exception which refers to [Android S][1] "API 31".

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You need to change all the used libraries in file *pubspec.yaml* to an updated version whether they are using the 'exported' thingy in the manifest file.

I had the same error and for two days I was trying to fix it.
Firstly, `android:exported="true"` did not work for me, because I added to only one activity.

1. I updated the [Unity][1] version (it did not work at that time, and maybe had an effect)
2. I added `android:exported="true"` in every activity field, and then voilà, it worked.

My Unity game now looks like:

```lang-xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" package="com.unity3d.player" android:installLocation="preferExternal" tools:ignore="MissingLeanbackSupport">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE" />
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
<application android:name="androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication" android:fullBackupContent="false" android:allowBackup="false" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning,MissingTvBanner" tools:replace="fullBackupContent,allowBackup">
<!-- UNITY -->
<activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="fullSensor" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density" android:resizeableActivity="false" android:hardwareAccelerated="false" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.ForwardNativeEventsToDalvik" android:value="false" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
<meta-data android:name="android.notch_support" android:value="true" />
</activity>
<!-- FULLSCREEN FIX -->
<meta-data android:name="android.max_aspect" android:value="2.16" />
<!-- 3rdParty MANIFEST -->
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityLoginActivity" android:exported="true" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityDialogsActivity" android:exported="true" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityGamingServicesFriendFinderActivity" android:exported="true" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityAppLinkActivity" android:exported="true" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityDeepLinkingActivity" android:exported="true" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityGameRequestActivity" android:exported="true"/>
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityCreateGameGroupActivity" android:exported="true"/>
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityJoinGameGroupActivity" android:exported="true"/>
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="fb901505887229125" />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.AutoLogAppEventsEnabled" android:value="true" />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.AdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled" android:value="true" />
<provider android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider" android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider901505887229125" android:exported="true" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.splash-mode" android:value="0" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.splash-enable" android:value="True" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.allow-resizable-window" android:value="False" />
<meta-data android:name="notch.config" android:value="portrait|landscape" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.build-id" android:value="31d4e179-c52c-49d7-a4f5-da548e453521" />
<receiver android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationManager" android:exported="true" />
<receiver android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationRestartOnBootReceiver" android:exported="true" android:enabled="false">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.vulkan.version" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" android:required="false" />
</manifest>
```

You can see `android:exported="true"` added in every activity and receiver.

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