Can I upload an app to the play store that has an activity with a webview in it?

Question

I have an app published to the play store and I've been maintaining it and adding new updates. One of those updates is a webview that redirect to a web application that I built using NodeJS.

I have two niches of users: regular people that will download the app and use it for it's intended functionality, and my partners which offer services using the website, which is then displayed in the app when regular people use it, so they can request those services from partners.

All I want to do is add an activity that contains a webview, which redirects to the website, so my partners can use it and not have to access the website via the browser every time (i'm just trying to make it more convenient for them to use the website).

I once tried uploading a partners app that did exactly that: only had a webview that redirected to the website, but it got struck down and I got a notice. My fear is that my currently released app will also get a notice if I try to add the webview to it's currently existing code (remember, it's just another activity. the app currently has 7 activities and was built from scratch by me over the course of the last 2 months).

My question is: will I get a notice on my current app if I add the new activity that only contains a webview? I pretend on creating an entire new app for my partners to use, but I currently don't have the time to do that, but I want to make it move convenient for them to access the website so they can use the system I built for them.

Answer 1

Yes, you can published an app which contains just a WebView of your own website. Please note that according to Google Play Developer Program Policies, it's not allowed to publish apps that provide a WebView of a website you don't own or administer:

Do not post an app where the primary functionality is to:

Provide a webview of a website not owned or administered by you (unless you have permission from the website owner/administrator to do so)

Reference: http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html