For one app I have two APKs, one for 10" tablets and another for everything else. To get that working properly I uploaded a draft "hello world" app testing two different manifest settings to see the supported devices. Now they have implemented BETA and ALPHA version APKs you can test that way too. For the two APKs to work properly I had to do things just a little differently than described in the documentation due to higher density smaller tablets. Then I had a customer with a 10" tablet with too low a resolution. Turns out this tablet though it came with Play isn't even listed as a supported device.
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:07:40 AM UTC-7, jjbunn wrote: > > > > On Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:52:26 AM UTC-7, al wrote: >> >> Funny, you seem to ask for help but don't want to try the suggestions >> insisting it's Googles problem and thinking they would solve it... >> > > I'm not insisting on anything, I'm just trying to find out what has > changed. Uninformed speculative suggestions are not super helpful since > implementing them risks screwing up things for many users. > > >> >> Looking at your manifest, I think there may be problems regarding screen >> compatibility mode. See >> http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screen-compat-mode.html and >> http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2011/07/new-mode-for-apps-on-large-screens.html >> . >> > > Thanks for the links. > > >> >> Now, why does the problem occur without changes to the manifest? Yes, >> there may have been changes made by Google. However, I would not wait until >> Google fixes the problem. That's not necessarily Googles strength. It may >> even be the case that Google does not think it does something wrong. >> > > By definition, Google can not do anything "wrong" since it's their system > - I'm just trying to work with it. All I need to know is what to change to > comply with whatever is new. I'm certainly not going to wait for them to > revert back. > > >> >> Instead, I would add a supports-screens element and set >> android:targetSdkVersion<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#target>. >> >> The values you should use depend on your app. I also would use a current >> sdk version to build the app. >> >> Achim >> > > Thanks for the advice - I think what I may do is try your suggestion with > one of my other less well used apps, to see if it fixes the problem for > that app. > > Julian > > >> >> Am Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2013 17:56:30 UTC+2 schrieb Julian Bunn: >>> >>> Hi Bob ... thanks for the input. I really don't want to set such a high >>> minSdk as then I would lose many of my >10,000 customers, who are running >>> older versions of the OS. >>> >>> It's been a few days since this tablet problem appeared so I'm going to >>> check back with those customers to see if the app availability in the Play >>> Store has changed in the meantime. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:39:58 AM UTC-7, bob wrote: >>>> >>>> I agree that *it probably does not have to do with the 2.2 build*. >>>> >>>> I was having the same problem and was using the 2.2 build. >>>> >>>> However, I switched from 2.2 to 4.2 SDK, and this did not remedy the >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> However, I was able to "sort of remedy" the problem by setting >>>> >>>> minSdkVersion=15 >>>> targetSdkVersion=15 >>>> >>>> You might want to try that as an experiment. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, May 20, 2013 2:15:43 PM UTC-5, jjbunn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don't think it has anything to do with the 2.2 build (what makes you >>>>> think it does?) as I already tried a version targeting 4.0 and the result >>>>> was the same. >>>>> >>>>> My users report that there are several other apps in the Play Store >>>>> that are now marked as incompatible for their tablets, which were >>>>> compatible a few days ago. >>>>> >>>>> So, my impression is that the problem is in the Play Store, but I'd >>>>> love to be wrong, because then I could fix it myself! >>>>> >>>>> Julian >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, May 20, 2013 10:41:46 AM UTC-7, Jonathan S wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Problem is Android 2.2 SDK build. You can built it on 4.0 and keep >>>>>> minimum API level. Just be very careful. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, May 20, 2013 12:50:39 PM UTC-4, jjbunn wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I uploaded a new APK for one of my apps on Friday. There was no >>>>>>> change >>>>>>> to the manifest or build settings for the app, but some of my >>>>>>> customers using tablets like the Note 10 and Nexus 10 tell me that >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> new APK is marked as incompatible in the Google Play store, whereas >>>>>>> they were happily using the previous version on those devices. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In my Android Developer Console, the APK is marked as being >>>>>>> compatible >>>>>>> with those tablets (in fact it is marked as compatible with over >>>>>>> 2000 >>>>>>> devices, and incompatible with 0 (zero)). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So I am very puzzled what has happened, and would really appreciate >>>>>>> some help :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is the Manifest. I build with the Android 2.2 SDK. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >>>>>>> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> package="com.xxx.xxx.xxx" >>>>>>> android:installLocation="auto" >>>>>>> android:versionCode="76" android:versionName="5.9.2"> >>>>>>> <uses-permission >>>>>>> android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/> >>>>>>> <uses-permission >>>>>>> android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS"/> >>>>>>> <uses-permission >>>>>>> android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> >>>>>>> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4"/> >>>>>>> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" >>>>>>> android:label="@string/app_name" >>>>>>> android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" > >>>>>>> <activity android:name=".MyApp" >>>>>>> android:label="@string/app_name"> >>>>>>> <intent-filter> >>>>>>> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> >>>>>>> <category >>>>>>> android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> >>>>>>> </intent-filter> >>>>>>> </activity> >>>>>>> </application> >>>>>>> </manifest> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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