bigger problem is that apps built on the preview SDK dont seem to want to install on the XOOM. the device is out in the next few days, but we cant publish HC apps to it. does anyone have any ideas on publishing 3.0 apps to the market ? Or are XOOM users going to get turned off by the lack of 3.0 written apps ? The one thing we were hoping to avoid is to have end users pick the smartphone app on the XOOM since our tablet app would not show up in the market. I was excited to see the preview SDK, but that was shortlived. -g
On Feb 22, 4:57 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:30 AM, Varun Tewari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We have some applications already in android market. We have managed to > > support Motorola Xoom and Galaxy Tab2 for some of them. I was just wondering > > how i can publish my applciation as our existing application have 1.6 nd > > onwards support. So my application is already visible for XOOM and Tab2. > > What should i do to have one build for all Phone Devices and one for Tablet > > Devices? But for Tablet i just want to see the Tablet Build. As two builds > > can be confusing to User. How can i achieve this with out changing > > Application Name? > > You can't, AFAIK. > > Android will always support upsizing an app to larger screens. It will > not support downsizing an app to smaller screens. > > Hence, you can create a tablet-specific app by saying you only support > xlargeScreens (and maybe largeScreens) in <supports-screens>. Phones > will not see this app, since Android will not downsize it to small and > normal screens. However, if you *also* have an app that works for > phones, tablet users will see that app as well, since a phone app can > be upsized to tablet screens. > > So, you can: > > -- Have only one app that dynamically configures itself (which is the > point behind fragments, and why we're all hoping for the fragments > backwards-compatibility library that Ms. Hackborn is working on) > > -- Have two apps, where the phone app doesn't look silly on a tablet, > but where the tablet-specific version is substantially different > (e.g., more features and paid versus an ad-sponsored free app for all > sizes) > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.4 Available! -- 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
