storehop

Play Store submission — copy + form answers

Fill-in answers for Play Console’s app setup forms, plus the store listing copy you can paste into the listing.

1. Privacy policy URL

Host docs/privacy-policy.md somewhere public. Cheapest path:

Push the docs/ directory to your public GitHub repo (already there if docs/ is committed).
GitHub repo → Settings → Pages → Source: “Deploy from a branch” → main / /docs.

After ~1 minute, the policy is live at:

https://derekgallardo01.github.io/storehop/privacy-policy

Paste that URL in Play Console → Policy → App content → Privacy policy.

Before publishing, edit docs/privacy-policy.md to put your real contact email in the Contact section (it’s currently a placeholder).

2. Data safety form

Play Console → App content → Data safety. Walk through the wizard with these answers.

Yes.

Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit?

Yes. Firebase uses HTTPS/TLS for all data sent to its services.

Do you provide a way for users to request that their data is deleted?

Yes. They can email the contact address in the privacy policy. (You can mark this honestly even though there’s no in-app button yet — the manual email path counts.)

Data types collected

For each row, indicate Collected, Shared (with third parties beyond Firebase), and Optional/Required.

Category	Type	Collected?	Shared?	Optional?	Why
Personal info	Name	Yes (only if user signs in with Google)	No	Optional	Display name shown in Settings
Personal info	Email address	Yes (only if user signs in with Google)	No	Optional	Identifies the user’s cloud-synced account
Personal info	User IDs	Yes	No	Required	Firebase Authentication assigns an anonymous UID; required for the app to store data per-user
Photos and videos	Photos	Yes (only if user attaches a photo to an item)	No	Optional	Stored at `users/{uid}/items/{itemId}.jpg`, displayed only to that user
App activity	App interactions	No	—	—	We do not collect interaction telemetry
App info and performance	Crash logs	No	—	—	We do not run Firebase Crashlytics
App info and performance	Diagnostics	No	—	—	No diagnostics collection
Device or other IDs	Device or other IDs	No	—	—	The Firebase auth UID is account-scoped, not device-scoped; no advertising ID

Purposes for each data type

App functionality (everything: it’s all used to run the app)
Account management (only for: Email, Name, User IDs)

Do not check: Analytics, Developer communications, Advertising or marketing, Fraud prevention, Personalization.

No data is shared with third parties. Firebase counts as a “service provider” and Play’s wizard treats it as not-sharing for purposes of the form.

3. Content rating questionnaire

Play Console → App content → Content rating. Storehop is unambiguously rated for everyone. Walk through:

Category: Reference, News, or Education → Other (utility / lifestyle / productivity is fine)
Violence: No
Sexual content: No
Profanity: No
Controlled substances: No
Gambling: No
User-generated content: Yes (users add their own item names, store names, photos) — but it’s not shared with other users (single-user app), so this won’t trigger an interactive flag
Personal info collected and shared with third parties: No
Location sharing: No
Digital purchases: No

Expected outcome: Everyone (or PEGI 3 in EU).

4. Target audience and content

Play Console → App content → Target audience and content.

Target age groups: 13–17, 18+ (do NOT include under-13 — that triggers Designed for Families requirements which we don’t want)
Does your app appeal to children?: No
Account creation: Users can use the app without an account (anonymous mode); optionally sign in with Google.

5. Ads

Play Console → App content → Ads.

Does your app contain ads?: No.

6. App access

Play Console → App content → App access.

All functionality is available without restrictions: Yes. (The Google Sign-In is optional, not gated.)

7. Store listing copy

Play Console → Grow → Store presence → Main store listing.

App name

StoreHop

Short description (≤ 80 chars)

Per-store shopping lists, cross-device sync, photos. No ads.

Full description (paste verbatim)

StoreHop is a calm, focused shopping list for people who shop at more than one store.

Each store gets its own list, organized by aisle. Tag an item to "Lidl + Aldi" once and it shows up at both — but checking it off at Lidl only checks it off at Lidl. Aldi's list is untouched, because each (item, store) pair is its own state.

What's inside:
- Per-store shopping lists with aisle-aware sorting
- Drag and drop to reorder stores by your weekly route
- Critical-item flag for things you can't afford to forget (milk, eggs, paper towels). Surfaces as a banner above the list and a side-stripe on the row.
- "Always on the list" flag for staples — they stay visible struck-through after purchase, ready to un-check the next time you run out
- Photos for items so you can spot the right brand on the shelf
- Quick-add: type a name at the bottom of the store's list, item is created and tagged in one tap
- Undo for every destructive action (delete a store, mark an item purchased, delete an item — 5 seconds to take it back)
- Anonymous-first: install and start shopping immediately. Optional sign in with Google later for cross-device sync and uninstall safety.
- Share your shopping list as plain text to WhatsApp, SMS, or anywhere else
- English and European Portuguese (Português de Portugal)
- Light and dark themes following system, or pick your own

What's not inside:
- No ads
- No sponsored stores
- No analytics tracking what you shop for
- No account required to use the app
- No subscription

StoreHop is private, single-user, and stays out of your way.

App icon

Already in the project at app/src/main/res/mipmap-*/ic_launcher.png. Play extracts this from the AAB; no separate upload needed.

Feature graphic (1024 × 500 PNG)

Required. Quick path: open Figma/Canva, paste the launcher icon on a sage background (#A8B89D ≈ your primary), put the text “StoreHop” + tagline next to it, export at 1024×500.

Phone screenshots (at least 2, max 8)

Take from your emulator. Recommended 5:

Store Picker showing 3+ stores with mixed states (one with “✓ All set”, one with “1 critical”, one normal)
Shop-at-Store screen with a category section, an item with a side-stripe, the quick-add bar at the bottom
Edit Item form showing all the fields (name, brand, category, stores, both toggles, photo)
Settings screen showing Account / Theme / Language sections
Same Store Picker, in Português, dark theme

To screenshot from the emulator: Power button on the emulator side panel, or Ctrl+S in the emulator window.

App category

Lifestyle (or Productivity — both fit; Lifestyle ranks better for shopping-adjacent searches).

Tags (Play Console picks 5)

Suggest: shopping list, grocery, lists, todo, household.

8. Final pre-submission checklist

Privacy policy hosted at a public URL (GitHub Pages → Settings → Pages from /docs)
Replaced the placeholder email in docs/privacy-policy.md with a real one
Data safety form filled in (above answers)
Content rating completed
Target audience: 13+
Ads: No
App access: All functionality available
Store listing: name, short + full description, app icon (auto), feature graphic, ≥2 screenshots
Internal testing: tester list created, your friend’s Gmail added, opt-in URL sent to them

Once all green-checked: submit for review (production track) when you’re ready to ship publicly. Internal testing can run independently in parallel — your friend doesn’t need the review to complete.