Tell HN: Google Play suspends new app for crashing

Email screenshots: https://gist.github.com/user-attachments/assets/c97b04b5-34f3-4ce2-93f9-63264bcd6c23

Background: I'm a web developer, but have a few popular apps (free, no ads) on the play store. I submitted a new app for review. It was rejected for crashing. I kept trying to fix, but due to being new to native development — and hitting issues with cached builds and proguard (I really shouldn't have enabled it!) — I wasn't able to fix before striking out.

I had no idea that multiple rejections would cause a suspension. Especially a clearly non-malicious re-submission.

The appeal was also denied. I followed up with an email 2 weeks ago. No reply.

Appeal rejection: https://gist.github.com/user-attachments/assets/00a5d371-1823-4f3e-8e56-7237a3e61f24

Bugs are inevitable. That an app would be suspended for a bug is funny, if it wasn't so kafkaesque. :)