Warning message while updating apk in playstore

Question

I have one version of my app uploaded on playstore.I have to upload updated version of the app which now has location based services(fused location),hence i have permission check for Location. While uploading google play shows a warning.

! New permissions added WARNING Users that have the APK with version code 14 may need to accept one or more of the android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION and android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions, which may result in them not upgrading to this version of the app. TIP Ensure that the new permissions are necessary, and consider mentioning these permissions in the What's new in this release text.

Is this just a prompt or is this an issue that i need to handle?

Answer 1

This basically means that you added new permissions to your app and they will be displayed to the user when updating. There's a chance that some users will decline the update if they don't see the point of those new permissions, so you should think whether those permissions are really necessary and if yes, mention why in your changelog.