On Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:12:03 PM UTC+1, Christer Nordvik wrote: But to summarize by main criticism is: > - Market doesn't allow you to look for tablet only apps > ...
This is actually a much harder problem than you might think at first; it's really hard to pin down just how you'd want to limit such a search. Unlike on iOS, where (IIRC) apps can be iPhone-only, iPad-Only, or "both", Android apps cover a full spectrum. At the low end you've got phone apps which run in compatibility mode, meaning a small window letterboxed on the tablet screen. Then many apps scale their phone UIs up when run on a tablet, and some of these work much better than others. Further along are apps which have a targetSdkVersion of 11+; these "inherit" much of the Honeycomb UI style, but don't necessarily do anything else to optimize the UX for a large screen. BUT, some apps in this category ARE tablet-optimized, adapting to different screen sizes as they find it. Then at the high end will be a few tablet-only apps, limited by minSdkVersion of 11, or by supports-screens of xlargescreens only. Where in this spectrum do you draw a hard line of "tablet-optimized"? Clearly the low end isn't, and clearly the high end is. But the middle group? How is the Market to filter them? String -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/b2ZUYVZNWkVMbzhK. 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-discuss?hl=en.
