How Cloud Policies and Store Verification Delayed My Mobile App Release

The developer’s stack—Expo, React Native, TypeScript and RevenueCat’s react‑native‑purchases—required a Google Play service account JSON key to query subscription status. Google Cloud automatically applies the iam.disableServiceAccountKeyCreation constraint at the organization level, preventing long‑lived private keys. By granting themselves the Organization Policy Administrator role (orgpolicy.policyAdmin) and overriding the constraint on the single project, they could generate the key, hand it to RevenueCat, then revert the policy. The hurdle was compounded by a Japanese console UI that obscured the role name, forcing a search by the immutable role ID.

Next, Samsung’s Galaxy Store enrollment demanded a payout destination with a SWIFT/BIC code. The developer’s corporate account at a modern Japanese online bank lacked a SWIFT identifier, making inbound international transfers impossible. Because Samsung excludes PayPal for Korean sellers but permits it for others, the workaround was to open a PayPal Business account—a process that took six days instead of the advertised hours.

Finally, the seller verification flow at Samsung split into two parallel queues: an identity check that repeatedly failed and a business‑information validation that succeeded. The author received three “could not verify identity” notices over six days before the final approval, illustrating that Samsung’s verification pipeline is not a single linear step but a combination of independent checks that can trigger duplicate rejections.

Implications: Developers targeting multiple Android marketplaces must anticipate divergent compliance requirements beyond Google Play, especially when using third‑party services like RevenueCat that still rely on legacy credential formats. Organization‑wide IAM constraints, while improving security, can break SDK workflows unless teams explicitly document override procedures. Moreover, the lack of a universal payout method on Samsung’s store forces developers to maintain alternative financial accounts, adding operational overhead and potential delays. Watch for Google’s upcoming support for Workload Identity Federation in RevenueCat’s SDK and for Samsung’s possible revision of its payout options to accept non‑SWIFT domestic accounts, which could streamline cross‑border app publishing.