Play console says leaked API Key even though using recommended way

Question

I am using the following way to access my API key; which seems to be the recommended way; but when I upload my app to Play Console, I get a critical error when the pre-launch report is ran. Its says "Leaked GCP API Keys". I can confirm that the app eventually get approved as my previous version had the same error and same code. Below is my code, what is the better way to write this.

private fun setupPlacesSearch()
{
    if(!Places.isInitialized()){
        Places.initialize(applicationContext, getString(R.string.google_maps_key))
    }
}

You can try this - https://stackoverflow.com/a/71155071/8752580 — Smit Bhanvadia, Jun 01 '22 at 08:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '21 at 23:07

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It seems it is just an alert, more than it is a warning. This resources says to ignore the warning if sufficient restrictions have been applied to the API Key so that it's use is restricted to a specific app(s).

answered Nov 16 '21 at 23:07

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This error prevents the app from publishing, it's not just a warning – joninx Jul 12 '22 at 11:50

Play console says leaked API Key even though using recommended way

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