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Before publishing your app on the Google Play Store, you must decide whether
it's AR Required or AR Optional.
AR Required means that your app is not usable without AR, and makes your
app available only on devices that support ARCore.
AR Optional means that your app includes one or more AR features that
are activated only if the device supports ARCore, but the app can be
installed and run on devices that don't support ARCore.
This classification (whether an app is AR Required or AR Optional) affects the
user's Play Store experience in the following ways:
AR Required apps are not shown on unsupported devices.
When a user installs or updates an AR Required app, the Google Play Store
indicates that Google Play Services for AR is required, and automatically
either installs it if it's not installed or updates it if it's out of date.
When a user installs or updates an AR Optional app, Google Play Services for
AR is not automatically installed or updated. AR Optional apps must
implement two runtime checks:
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