Hi, thankyou, they are still displaying in 2.1+ But unfortunately though they're no longer visible in android 1.6 which is a fair chunk of market I'm missing!
Ian On Jun 10, 8:20 am, Scott STEPHEN - Better Contacts <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > > Just to confirm, I do see your apps. > Milestone & Desire 2.1-update1. > > Scott > > On Jun 10, 9:00 am, "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, the apps are both versions of Torque. > > > I have found the visibility problem however - someone has changed the > > market system to exclude apps with the Bluetooth permission for > > Android 1.6 devices. > > > This behaviour is in my opinion wrong, because I might have added > > support for bluetooth in my app (for 2.0+ devices) but it must also > > work in 1.5/1.6 as the 'bluetooth' option in my app may be simply > > grayed out (This is not in the case of Torque however). > > > Adding the uses bluetooth permission should not *now* hide the app > > from the market when the previous incarnation of the market allowed it > > to be visible, even if it was 'incorrect'. For 1.5/1.6 devices that > > permission simply should not matter at all. > > > This is almost a case for a kind of '<requires-capabilities>' (I > > currently do not know if this exists or is coming, correct me if I am > > wrong) as I may have an app designed for ALL versions of android, > > where bluetooth is a nice feature, but is not a *required* feature and > > I may have coded for that scenario. > > > Anyway, it seems that: > > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"> > > > now hides apps for 1.5/1.6 devices whereby before the market upgrade, > > it didn't. (This is now a problem for me) > > > Thanks > > > Ian. > > > On Jun 10, 7:19 am, Scott STEPHEN - Better Contacts > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ian, > > > > What apps ? I will test here from France. > > > > Scott > > > > On Jun 10, 8:09 am, "[email protected]" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Similar problems here, > > > > > Before google did the market 'fix' for 2.1/2.2, 2 of my apps (Torque) > > > > appeared correctly in the Android Market for Android1.6 and upward > > > > (The MyTouch 3G as an example), after the upgrade, they are no longer > > > > visible apart from on Android 2.x+ devices > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
