Internal testing release v3

This is the operator record for the current Google Play Internal testing release. The source-bound artifact was uploaded, released only to Internal testing, delivered by Google Play, and verified on the authorised physical phone on 2026-08-10.

Release identity

Track: Internal testing only
Release label: 0.1.2 Location consent clarity
Package: org.whoneedhelp.mobile
Version code: 3
Version name: 0.1.2
Source commit: cd154766a06bb1febb0598fb3f53db78628bd7f6
Source fingerprint: 70529d3befcb0818f0b79f7869389b4fad432eb2911be08d52342529b7f22614
AAB: android/dist-release-20260809-v3/who-need-help-release.aab
AAB SHA-256: 5f1b63d02467ce63af795d16459a75693e415426478e0788b83f0f6d35dff922

Do not upload an artifact with a different hash under this release record. A code change requires a new version code, a fresh source-bound build, and a new record.

Release notes

English (United States)

Improves live-location consent feedback. Cancelling the disclosure now leaves sharing stopped without presenting a misleading technical error.

Ukrainian

Покращено повідомлення про згоду на передавання геолокації. Скасування діалогу тепер залишає передавання вимкненим і не показує помилкову технічну помилку.

Russian

Улучшена обратная связь при согласии на передачу геолокации. Отмена диалога теперь оставляет передачу выключенной и не показывает ложную техническую ошибку.

Local verification

Release unit tests, release lint, R8/resource shrinking, APK/AAB signing, bundletool validation and the production App Links gate passed.
The exported source fingerprint matches the current committed source.
API 37 instrumentation passed 10/10 tests, including explicit native disclosure cancellation and notification-based Stop behavior.
The independent process-death probe observed the expected killed process and verified that the non-sticky foreground service and notification did not remain.
The one-off emulator container, image and volume were removed by the test harness.

Detailed evidence is recorded in docs/google-play-release-candidate-2026-08-09-v3.md.

Publication evidence

Play Console was re-read on 2026-08-10 and showed:

track Internal testing is active;
latest release is 0.1.2 Location consent clarity;
the release is available to internal testers with one version code;
the release timestamp is 2026-08-10 11:02 AM in the Console UI;
the app is still unreviewed, so Internal testers see the temporary package name until the application setup is reviewed;
no Closed or Production rollout was started by this release.

The App content overview was re-read on 2026-08-10 and showed exactly one item under Need attention: the Foreground service permissions declaration. Its Location form had no saved task selection and the Save control was disabled. No incomplete declaration was saved or submitted during this inspection.

The Dashboard separately showed overall app setup at 9 of 11 tasks. The two incomplete tasks were Select an app category and provide contact details and Set up your store listing. Closed testing remained locked until those tasks are complete and reported 0 testers currently opted-in. No values were saved and no Closed or Production release was created during this inspection.

The authorised physical phone then passed the strict installed-build verifier: Google Play installer, Play App Signing identity, exact 0.1.2 (3) version, verified production App Link, and MainActivity resolution.

Post-publication foreground-location evidence

An exact run-scoped production fixture was used only for the location replay. The Play-delivered app showed the prominent disclosure, Android permission prompt, active in-app state, and persistent notification while minimized. The notification Stop action ended the session; server verification observed 41 samples and zero retained raw positions. Exact fixture cleanup deleted the request, assignment, session, and synthetic requester, then both production and frozen-test readiness endpoints returned ready.

The long evidence take is not the submission video: Android's recorder reached its time limit before the Stop action was captured even though Stop and server cleanup were verified immediately afterward. A separate 21.379802-second take from this same Play-delivered version now includes the trigger, disclosure, permission prompt, minimized persistent notification, notification Stop action, and stopped state. Its path and SHA-256 are recorded in location-and-fgs-declaration.md. It remains local evidence until it is hosted as an unlisted video and its URL is saved with the foreground-service declaration. Do not replace the Internal candidate before that declaration is complete.

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