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DEADLINE — Google Play's Android 16 (API level 36) requirement lands tomorrow, August 31. One day left, and it covers new apps and updates to existing ones alikeDECISION — An extension cannot be filed once the deadline passes. So the real cutoff today is not the build itself but deciding whether to make it or to file insteadVISIBILITY — Apps you no longer update are not exempt. Anything still below API level 35 stops appearing for new users on newer Android devicesPITFALL — When a dependency has not caught up to the new API level, the local build can pass while the store pre-check stops you. Reading your own code will not surface thatEXPO — expo@57.0.17 moved React Native to 0.86.3. A pattern is emerging of small non-breaking patches between major SDK releases, which lowers the cost of keeping currentCHOICE — Shipping to Android too points at Rork proper and its React Native output; Apple-specific capabilities at the center of the spec point at Rork Max and Swift. It is a question of what you shipDEADLINE — Google Play's Android 16 (API level 36) requirement lands tomorrow, August 31. One day left, and it covers new apps and updates to existing ones alikeDECISION — An extension cannot be filed once the deadline passes. So the real cutoff today is not the build itself but deciding whether to make it or to file insteadVISIBILITY — Apps you no longer update are not exempt. Anything still below API level 35 stops appearing for new users on newer Android devicesPITFALL — When a dependency has not caught up to the new API level, the local build can pass while the store pre-check stops you. Reading your own code will not surface thatEXPO — expo@57.0.17 moved React Native to 0.86.3. A pattern is emerging of small non-breaking patches between major SDK releases, which lowers the cost of keeping currentCHOICE — Shipping to Android too points at Rork proper and its React Native output; Apple-specific capabilities at the center of the spec point at Rork Max and Swift. It is a question of what you ship
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expo-doctor passes on API level 35. Here is what its 22 checks actually cover

I opened the expo-doctor 1.20.4 bundle and listed every check it registers. Only one looks at store requirements, and its threshold is still API level 34.