APP made in Ionic 4 was REJECTED to publish in PlayStore because have SMS_SEND permission required.

The app provides for Food & Drink establishments a tool for table/seats reservations and thus to avoid crowd and queue at reception. The app then, after the customer confirm the reservation, a SMS is sent to the customer mobile with a tracking url and informing the table number, total seats and its position in the queue. Well, when the times come, a new SMS is sent to the customer informing that the table is available and he has 10min to reach the restaurant reception for checkin. The permission required: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" /> Could someone help me to publish the APP? The core of the APP is sending SMS, is the main function. The googlePlay reject the publish acording with the print in attachement.