Practical Guide to Publishing Flutter Apps on Chinese App Stores: Challenges, Analysis, and Recommendations

Background

The Flutter‑based logistics suite (including logistics, shipping, receiving, and driver apps) has been trialed and stabilized, and the team decided to self‑handle the app‑store submission after finding third‑party services costly and unsuitable for Flutter.

Store Submission Status Analysis

App variants: logistics, shipping, receiving, driver.

App Store

Submission Difficulty

Remarks

Apple App Store

★

All four apps can be submitted

Xiaomi App Store

★

All four apps can be submitted

Huawei App Gallery

★★★★

Only logistics app can be submitted

Tencent MyApp

★★★

Only shipping app can be submitted

Honor App Store

★★★

Only shipping app can be submitted

vivo App Store

★★★★★

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OPPO App Store

★★★★★

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Pitfalls and Recommendations

When the review feedback is unclear, contact the reviewer promptly; after each modification, re‑submit and be prepared for new issues, checking the whole app for similar problems.

Submit to all stores simultaneously and collect all rejection points for batch fixing to speed up the process.

Each app needs its own privacy policy and service agreement, customized according to the provided templates and actual app functionality.

Issue Collection

Huawei App Gallery

Key review problems:

Missing permission‑usage explanations for camera, location, storage, Bluetooth, contacts, etc.

Privacy policy and service agreement checks, with accuracy issues.

Occasional invalid clicks on privacy‑policy links due to fast automated checks before the backend returns the correct URL.

Thoroughly audit all used permissions and provide clear usage statements.

Tencent MyApp

Key review problems:

Inconsistent screenshots and app logo; they must match the actual app.

Functional and user‑experience issues identified during review.

Ensure all submitted assets are identical to the app.

Honor App Store

Key review problems:

Functional and user‑experience issues.

vivo App Store

Key review problems:

Functional and user‑experience issues.

Push‑notification feature lacks a disable option.

Compatibility testing failures.

OPPO App Store

Submission documentation is demanding; extensive screenshots are required to fully describe the app.

Key review problems:

Functional and user‑experience issues.

Need to provide convenient, reasonable, and effective complaint/report channels (e.g., online customer service) and note the navigation path in the supplemental description for reviewers.

Conclusion

Before submission, carefully study each store’s review policies, map app functions and permissions against them, and address the identified gaps; this can avoid about 80% of review rejections. The remaining 20%—compatibility, manual testing, and store‑specific requirements—require detailed analysis of review feedback and thorough remediation. Publishing is the final step; patience and meticulousness are essential for success.