How to fix the Device and Network abuse policy issue in Google play store app submission

Question

Recently we pushed one app into Google play store, our app hosts the youtube video links & play the content through YouTube player.

We received policy violation

Answer 1

In my case, I had a WebView linked to Google News - that included YouTube videos. The app violates the Device and Network Abuse policy. "Background play of YouTube content is not allowed in any cases."

Solution - I added this code

override fun onPause() {
    super.onPause()
    mWebView?.onPause()
    mWebView?.pauseTimers()
}

override fun onResume() {
    super.onResume()
    mWebView?.onResume()
    mWebView?.resumeTimers()
}