17.12.2010 2:24, YuviDroid ?????:
What I was thinking of trying was to create a little app that has
an icon so the user would have something to click on. from there I
could tell them what they need to know.
Actually, this helps me not get these comments for a silly little
application of mine, which is a Bluetooth toggle widget.
Before, I'd get a lot of them. Some were quite confusing, saying
"Doesn't work on device xxx", which made me think that my code is
crashing on a particular device. Some others were "Doesn't open on
device xxx". They were split about 50/50.
So I added a launcher icon to the application, it just displays textual
step-by-step instructions, and a link to a web page with a visual
"guide" on widgets (not mine, I found one and asked the owner for
permission to link to it).
This stopped the "Doesn't work" / "Doesn't open" 1-star comments, and
surprisingly, no comments saying that the app shouldn't be in the
applications list.
For someone to complain about launcher icon, he/she has to actually
understand what widgets are, and how they are not applications, and
shouldn't be in the list. Those who don't, will not complain. Among
those who do, hopefully some large percentage understands why the icon
(and the help screen) is there.
YMMV
And by the way, Smart Keyboard has a launcher icon.
-- Kostya
Probably with this solution you would get comments like "Shouldn't
appear in the app drawer!!"...1-star.
I got comments like those with a clock-widget, where the main Activity
just showed instructions... at the end I made that activity <category
android:name="android.intent.category.INFO
<http://android.intent.category.INFO>" />, in this way it didn't
appear in the app-drawer but users could press the "Open" button
through the Market and get the instructions.
Maybe you could try something like that.
Yuvi
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
<laugh>
I'm with you John, that's exactly what we need :)
I love that little Radar widget BTW, use it in my geocaching app :)
With an IM it's even worse because there is no app icon and the
user has to dig down a few settings levels to turn it on, then
they have to enable it.
What I was thinking of trying was to create a little app that has
an icon so the user would have something to click on. from there I
could tell them what they need to know.
So, i was asking if anyone has tried that and if there are other
ways I might be able to improve the user experience, like giving
them an on/off button in that little app. I'm not sure that the
system would let a 3rd party app change the keyboard though.
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