Reconcile Play release checklist

android/play-store/release-checklist.md

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ block publishing changes, including Store Listing, Pricing, and Distribution.
       three localized text limits, the 512×512 icon, the 1024×500 RGB feature
       graphic, and all four 1080×1920 RGB phone screenshots.
 - [ ] Enter the prepared alt text when the assets are uploaded in Play Console.
-- [ ] Choose category/tags in the current Console options.
+- [x] Choose category in the current Console options. **Social** was saved;
+      tags were deliberately left empty rather than adding an inaccurate tag.
 - [ ] Complete **Select an app category and provide contact details** in Play
       Console. Read-only Dashboard inspection on 2026-08-10 showed this task
       incomplete; no values were selected or saved during that inspection.
@@ -139,31 +140,29 @@ block publishing changes, including Store Listing, Pricing, and Distribution.
       behavior: not a government app, no financial features, and Healthcare
       services and management only. The app is not described as a medical
       service.
-- [ ] Complete the mandatory Play Console foreground-service declaration for
-      the `location` service used by the exact AAB.
-      Read-only inspection on 2026-08-10 showed this as the only App content
-      item under `Need attention`. A repeated read-only inspection showed all
-      task choices unchecked, with **Save** and **Discard** disabled. The
-      truthful prepared choice is **User-initiated location sharing**; no
-      incomplete form was saved or submitted.
-- [ ] Upload the unlisted demonstration video showing the user-triggered start,
+- [x] Complete the mandatory Play Console foreground-service declaration for
+      the `location` service used by the exact AAB. The authenticated form was
+      saved with **User-initiated location sharing**. A saved declaration is
+      submission evidence, not evidence of Google approval.
+- [x] Upload the unlisted demonstration video showing the user-triggered start,
       prominent disclosure, Android permission, persistent notification,
-      minimized-app operation, and Stop action. The final local 21.379802-second
-      Play-delivered evidence file has been visually and server-side verified;
-      its exact path and checksum are recorded in
-      `location-and-fgs-declaration.md`. Hosting it as an unlisted video and
-      saving the resulting URL in Play Console remain incomplete.
+      minimized-app operation, and Stop action. The final 21.379802-second
+      Play-delivered evidence file was visually and server-side verified,
+      hosted as an unlisted YouTube Short at
+      `https://youtube.com/shorts/UZh_QBdlbBc`, and saved in the declaration.
+      Its retained path and checksum are recorded in
+      `location-and-fgs-declaration.md`.
       Immediately before upload on 2026-08-10 the exact final file was
       revalidated as H.264, 720×1600, 21.379802 seconds, SHA-256
       `3c5f52019bf8a42ff42e1d9232afc126b62627390d74eed75084d82ecb33ac56`;
       a fresh contact-sheet review still showed the disclosure, Android prompt,
       minimized persistent notification with Stop, and returned stopped state.
-- [ ] Reconcile any target-SDK-37 persistent precise-location declaration shown
-      by Play Console with the exact artifact. The app uses a user-started
-      location foreground service and does not declare
-      `ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`; do not answer that it requests the
-      background-location runtime permission.
-- [ ] Use and verify the prepared declaration copy in
+- [x] Reconcile the target-SDK-37 location declaration with the exact artifact.
+      The saved use case is user-initiated location sharing. The app uses a
+      user-started location foreground service and does not declare
+      `ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`; the form was not answered as if it requests
+      the background-location runtime permission.
+- [x] Use and verify the prepared declaration copy in
       `location-and-fgs-declaration.md`.
 
 ## Testing