What targetSdkVersion 34 Changes About Your Data Safety Answers
Bumping targetSdkVersion doesn't just change runtime behavior — it can change what's available to collect. Android 14 (API 34) tightened background location access and introduced more granular photo/video permission scoping, both of which affect what your Data Safety answers should say.
An app that previously declared blanket "Photos and videos" collection under an older target SDK may now only have partial access under the new granular media permissions — and the form should reflect that narrower scope.
The fix
Fix: re-verify your Data Safety answers any time you bump target SDK, not just when you change your own data-handling code.
The same check runs automatically when you upload your bundle to the AAB analyzer — permissions, SDK fingerprints, and version info in one pass, free.
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