diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/metadata/MetadataConstraintsTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/metadata/MetadataConstraintsTest.kt
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+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/metadata/MetadataConstraintsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package com.subtracks.metadata
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.File
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO
+
+class MetadataConstraintsTest {
+    @Test
+    fun titlesFitStoreLimit() {
+        localeFiles("title.txt").forEach { assertAtMost(it, TITLE_LIMIT) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun shortDescriptionsFitStoreLimit() {
+        localeFiles("short_description.txt").forEach { assertAtMost(it, SHORT_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun fullDescriptionsFitStoreLimit() {
+        localeFiles("full_description.txt").forEach { assertAtMost(it, FULL_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun iconsAre512OpaqueAlphaPngsWithinOneMegabyte() {
+        localeFiles("images/icon.png").forEach { file ->
+            val image = readImage(file)
+            assertEquals("${file.path} must be 512x512", 512, image.width)
+            assertEquals("${file.path} must be 512x512", 512, image.height)
+            assertEquals(
+                "${file.path} must be a 32-bit PNG with alpha (Play); colorType ${image.colorType}",
+                RGBA_COLOR_TYPE,
+                image.colorType,
+            )
+            assertTrue("${file.path} must be at most 1 MiB", file.length() <= 1024 * 1024)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun featureGraphicsAre1024x500WithoutAlpha() {
+        localeFiles("images/featureGraphic.png").forEach { file ->
+            val image = readImage(file)
+            assertEquals("${file.path} must be 1024x500", 1024, image.width)
+            assertEquals("${file.path} must be 1024x500", 500, image.height)
+            assertNoAlpha(file, image)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun phoneScreenshotsMeetStoreRules() {
+        localeFiles("images/phoneScreenshots").forEach { dir ->
+            val screenshots =
+                dir
+                    .listFiles()
+                    .orEmpty()
+                    .filter { it.isFile && it.extension.lowercase() in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS }
+                    .sortedBy { it.name }
+            assertTrue(
+                "${dir.path} needs 2-8 phone screenshots, found ${screenshots.size}",
+                screenshots.size in 2..8,
+            )
+            screenshots.forEach { file ->
+                val image = readImage(file)
+                val short = minOf(image.width, image.height)
+                val long = maxOf(image.width, image.height)
+                assertTrue("${file.path} shortest side $short must be at least 320", short >= 320)
+                assertTrue("${file.path} longest side $long must be at most 3840", long <= 3840)
+                assertTrue("${file.path} aspect ratio exceeds 2:1", long <= 2 * short)
+                assertNoAlpha(file, image)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun assertNoAlpha(
+        file: File,
+        image: ImageInfo,
+    ) {
+        if (image.isPng) {
+            assertEquals(
+                "${file.path} must be a 24-bit PNG without alpha (colorType $RGB_COLOR_TYPE); colorType ${image.colorType}",
+                RGB_COLOR_TYPE,
+                image.colorType,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun assertAtMost(
+        file: File,
+        limit: Int,
+    ) {
+        val text = file.readText().replace("\r\n", "\n")
+        val length = text.codePointCount(0, text.length)
+        assertTrue("${file.path} is $length characters, over the $limit limit", length <= limit)
+    }
+
+    private fun localeFiles(relativePath: String): List<File> {
+        val locales = File(repoRoot(), "metadata").listFiles().orEmpty().filter { it.isDirectory }
+        assertTrue("no locales found under metadata/", locales.isNotEmpty())
+        return locales.map { File(it, relativePath) }.onEach { assertTrue("missing ${it.path}", it.exists()) }
+    }
+
+    private fun repoRoot(): File =
+        generateSequence(File(".").canonicalFile) { it.parentFile }
+            .first { File(it, "settings.gradle.kts").isFile }
+
+    private data class ImageInfo(
+        val width: Int,
+        val height: Int,
+        val colorType: Int?,
+        val isPng: Boolean,
+    )
+
+    private fun readImage(file: File): ImageInfo {
+        val bytes = file.readBytes()
+        if (bytes.isPng()) {
+            return ImageInfo(
+                width = bytes.beInt(PNG_WIDTH_OFFSET),
+                height = bytes.beInt(PNG_HEIGHT_OFFSET),
+                colorType = bytes[PNG_COLOR_TYPE_OFFSET].toInt() and 0xFF,
+                isPng = true,
+            )
+        }
+        val image = ImageIO.read(file)
+        assertTrue("unreadable image ${file.path}", image != null)
+        return ImageInfo(image.width, image.height, colorType = null, isPng = false)
+    }
+
+    private fun ByteArray.isPng(): Boolean =
+        size > PNG_COLOR_TYPE_OFFSET &&
+            this[0] == 0x89.toByte() &&
+            this[1] == 'P'.code.toByte() &&
+            this[2] == 'N'.code.toByte() &&
+            this[3] == 'G'.code.toByte()
+
+    private fun ByteArray.beInt(offset: Int): Int =
+        ((this[offset].toInt() and 0xFF) shl 24) or
+            ((this[offset + 1].toInt() and 0xFF) shl 16) or
+            ((this[offset + 2].toInt() and 0xFF) shl 8) or
+            (this[offset + 3].toInt() and 0xFF)
+
+    private companion object {
+        // Play allows 30 and F-Droid 50; the stricter wins.
+        const val TITLE_LIMIT = 30
+
+        // Play and F-Droid both allow 80.
+        const val SHORT_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT = 80
+
+        // Play and F-Droid both allow 4000.
+        const val FULL_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT = 4000
+
+        const val RGB_COLOR_TYPE = 2
+        const val RGBA_COLOR_TYPE = 6
+        val IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = setOf("png", "jpg", "jpeg")
+
+        const val PNG_WIDTH_OFFSET = 16
+        const val PNG_HEIGHT_OFFSET = 20
+        const val PNG_COLOR_TYPE_OFFSET = 25
+    }
+}
diff --git a/metadata/en-US/short_description.txt b/metadata/en-US/short_description.txt
index a8056d1f..fc0b4c0e 100644
--- a/metadata/en-US/short_description.txt
+++ b/metadata/en-US/short_description.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-A clean, open source Subsonic music player.
+A clean, open source Subsonic music player