hey all, this isn’t the answer that you’re hoping for but we’ve updated our “Limitations” page for the managed workflow to indicate that ‘You cannot participate in Google’s “Designed for Families” Program’.
Google requires any app that primarily targets children under 13 to follow a strict set of guidelines. One of these guidelines is that any ad library included in the app must be a part of Google’s Families Ads Program. Managed workflow apps contain the code for the entire Expo SDK by default, including Facebook’s Audience Network library. Because this library is not part of Google’s Families Ads Program yet, you cannot list your app as “designed primarily for children under 13” in the Play Store.
what you can do today to unblock your app submission
if you have built your app with the managed workflow then you will need to eject to bare workflow to submit your app to the play store for the “Designed for Families” program.
what we are working on to prevent this and related problems in the future
we’ve been working on re-building our build process to be more flexible and powerful, and it will solve this and related issues in the future. it’s not quite ready yet though, and we might not be able to ship a public beta until the end of the year or early new year.