Seriously? I still have to **not download** to play the game?!

I’ve reported the issue before, but I clearly didn’t express how annoying/insane it is to be prompted that I must download some “asset” that doesn’t really need to exist, thus never gets downloaded, thus never clearing that it needs to be downloaded. This happens each and every time time I log into either my tablet or my phone. It’s so irritating that I can only assume the devs do not actually play the game, or it would have been fixed by now.

Agreed.
The fix is: In Settings, change Assets to download to “As needed” then restart

Can’t recall who found this out to give them credit - but I’m happy to spread the word