in your manifest explicitly declare the hardware.telephony and set the required="false". This solves the market filtering issues.
However, you will now have to @ runtime check if the device does indeed support SMS !! -Dan 2011/12/22 Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> > While I don't have a workaround - sorry - but this particular device > is.... quite weird... > > FWIW, this is what I recently ran into, it has to do with WiFi: > > http://wp.me/pSrdQ-lg > > Have you tried calling SmsManager.getDefault() and checking for null? > > -- Kostya > > 22 декабря 2011 г. 16:48 пользователь Terry <[email protected]> написал: > > As no one has responed to this issue yet, I shall try to explain it in > > more detail. > > > > In order to DO make an app visible for e.g. the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model > > GT-P7500, one could put the following in the Manifest file: > > > > <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" > > android:required="false"/> > > > > In the app code, one could e.g. use the following too check what > > features are available: > > > > PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); > > boolean hasTelephony = > > pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_TELEPHONY); > > > > However, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model GT-P7500 returns a false on that > > method. > > > > The problem would be solved if there existed a constant like > > PackageManager.FEATURE_SMS or similar, but there is no such thing. > > > > I think that the Market is still not prepared for the type of products > > like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model GT-P7500. > > > > Any ideas as to how I can solve this? > > > > Terry > > > > > > On 21 Des, 12:38, Terry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have tried to ask this question elsewhere, but without getting any > >> answer I can use. So I try it here also. > >> > >> I have some apps which send and receive SMSs. They are invisible for > >> the new Galaxy Tablets on the Market, and they cannot be dowloaded to > >> them. > >> > >> WHY? > >> > >> As e.g. the Galaxy Tablet 10.1, model GT-P7500 does NOT support audio > >> phone calls - but it DOES support sending and receiving SMSs, there > >> should be no problem. In fact, when I download these apps to the GT- > >> P7500 locally, they work as expected. > >> > >> The Market however, sees the permissions to SEND_ and RECEIVE_SMS in > >> the Manifest file of the apps, and interprets this so as to require > >> hardware.telephony from the Galaxy Tabs. Which is does not seem to > >> support. > >> > >> Any idea how to make a work-around for this problem? > >> > >> Terry > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- 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
