What is causing this warning in Google Play developer console: "We’ve detected that your app is using an old version of the Google Play developer API"

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So my app is for free, does not use inapp billing, does not use any Google Dev API whatsoever. I still got warning like this:

These are all dependences I use:

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v13:28.0.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:customtabs:28.0.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
    implementation 'com.android.support:preference-v7:28.0.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
}

Its including all libraries projects I use, all together, there is nothing else only this. Which one of them can cause this warning? Or is it false positive?

And these are permissions my app uses:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR" />

I do not use internet access, no API key, no developer API, no remote server communication, no online communication whatsoever, no in-app billing.

@MD that would make sense. But do you have any arguments for your claims? Because it basically means AndroidX will be mandatory soon.... — qkx, Aug 06 '19 at 04:47
@qkx Have you used anything in your project that really required API key ? I think AndroidX is not valid reason for this — M D, Aug 06 '19 at 04:53
nothing at all. I dont even use internet access. My app just reads events from calendar and displays them in widget, thats all. — qkx, Aug 06 '19 at 04:54
@qkx, check the second answer from here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56700332/what-is-we-ve-detected-that-your-app-is-using-an-old-version-of-the-google-play — ॐ Rakesh Kumar, Aug 06 '19 at 05:08
Have you any old version in artifact which use google services ? — Abhay Koradiya, Aug 06 '19 at 05:13
Did you check if `implementation 'com.android.support:customtabs:28.0.0'` uses any Play Developers API? — Reaz Murshed, Aug 06 '19 at 05:32
@RakeshKumar I dont think link you posted is relevant to me. Second answer mentions checking inapp billing (which I do not use) or automated publishing (which I do not use) — qkx, Aug 06 '19 at 05:36
@AbhayKoradiya please see my dependences again. You can see there that I DO NOT USE any google services, internet access, nothing at all — qkx, Aug 06 '19 at 05:37
@ReazMurshed no I didnt because all libs I use are official from google. I might check it thought one by one, thanks for tip — qkx, Aug 06 '19 at 05:39
@qkx, There in Google play console>API access> any project linked? — ॐ Rakesh Kumar, Aug 06 '19 at 05:40
@RakeshKumar no, I dont use any API. My app is simple, offline app. — qkx, Aug 06 '19 at 05:57
try updating support library to v4 instead of v13 here `com.android.support:support-v13` — Rahul Khurana, Aug 06 '19 at 06:06

What is causing this warning in Google Play developer console: "We’ve detected that your app is using an old version of the Google Play developer API"

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