If you app depends on a specific feature - make sure you define it properly with the uses-feture string in your AndroidManifest.xml or atleast do some graceful degradation of features at runtime by checking getSystemAvailableFeatures()
Also, when creating a P1 AVD note that the lcd density must be set to 240. -Dan On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]>wrote: > Don't thank them too profusely yet. They all left out the most > important consideration: make sure your application checks for 'null' > coming back from Context.getSystemService(), since a tablet might not > have all the same system services a phone does. In particular, > obviously, many tablets have no telephony service. So you have to > check for null and handle it gracefully. > > Finally, though he didn't actually put it that way in so many words, > you should be able to figure out from Droid's comment that you need to > handle screen sizes and densities that are unusual on a phone. > > On Sep 5, 11:49 pm, ytbryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks guys > > > > On Sep 6, 12:42 am, Kumar Bibek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do test out your apps on emulators. > > > > >http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/2010/09/getting-started-with-tablets-the. > .. > > > > > -Kumar Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.com > > > > > On Sep 5, 9:32 pm, ben <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I would make sure your app isn't drawing anything to exact pixel > > > > locations and sizes. If you're using the built in layouts you should > > > > be in good shape. Also you can use the AVD manager to create an > > > > emulator with larger resolutions and screen sizes. That should at > > > > least give you some idea of what it will look like. > > > > > > On Sep 5, 11:56 am, Droid <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > And is landscape view preferred or default for these bigger > screens? > > > > > Many of my apps are fixed to portrait... > > > > > > > On Sep 5, 1:50 pm, ytbryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > do we(developer) need to alter our app to suit the android > > > > > > tablet(samsung galaxy tab)? or will them automatically run on the > > > > > > tablet? > > > > > > > > Is a documentation on developing for android tablet? > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > bryan > > > > > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
