Actually even though pre 2.0 devices don't support bluetooth fully - you can make your apps backward compatible. Which of course my apps are. It's a mistake by Google to now filter them from the market for 1.5 and 1.6 devices.
The apps require the bluetooth permissions - they do not require the bluetooth feature. There is a difference. It seems now the "requires feature" option is being introduced into the manifest for 2.2 an assumption is being made that apps that require the permission also require the feature... So if your app happens to support some bluetooth function for users with android 2+ you have also just managed to loose 50% of users because they can no longer see your app. Btw this only happens for updated apps, if you already have an app on the market it will be ok until you update it. On Jul 13, 5:24 am, DonFrench <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess the lack of API support for Bluetooth is the reason Google > doesn't show Bluetooth-capable apps for pre-2.0 devices? Out of > curiosity, what are you doing to get around the lack of Bluetooth > support in the APIs prior to 2.0? > > On Jul 10, 5:33 am, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > I released updates of my apps yesterday and they are being hidden from > > android 1.5 and 1.6 phones. > > > This is due to a Market bug which hides apps with bluetooth > > permissions from android 1.5 and 1.6. > > > Come on Google fix the market. We spend countless hours making are > > apps work on ALL android versions and now you do this... > > > This issue has been raised since June, but has only affected me since > > i made an update to the market yesterday. > > > I am now have annoyed customers and i am missing out on what 50% of > > users because of the flakey market... -- 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
