[android-developers] Re: What is a 512 by 512 App icon high resolution
On Nov 27, 9:56 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: The people that know the answer to those questions either don't read this list or won't bother to answer. We'll likely have to wait for the inevitably ridiculously belated blog post that will fill developers in when Google feels like it. Cynical, but I fear also true. The management of these developer updates seems rather odd - for example with the new rating system, we get told the exact date when new and updated apps will require a rating and that if we do not provide one then 'in a few weeks' the app will be automatically rated 'mature'. However there is no indication as to the exact date and whether we can rate apps without updating them. If this was a business application in a corporate environment, changes that affect the consumer would be clearly communicated to the consumer prior to them actually happening and would not leave them wondering what is really going on. Some of these changes could be great, but to release them to developers before they know what is going on seems strange to me. The emails we received didn't really shed any more light on the nature of the changes than we could glean ourselves. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Is uses-feature=false inferred by the Market if not included in manifest
Seems like a straightforward question: Does the Android Market treat your app as though you have set uses- feature explicitly to false for each feature if you do not declare any uses-feature in your android manifest? Most of my apps so far don't use many hardware features so it would seem a bit tedious to have to explicitly declare this every time to avoid being filtered by the Market. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Is uses-feature=false inferred by the Market if not included in manifest
You can test all that with aapt: http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/manifest/uses-featu... You can use the aapt tool, included in the Android SDK, to determine how Android Market will filter your application, based on its declared features and permissions. To do so, run aapt with the dump badging command. This causes aapt to parse your application's manifest and apply the same rules as used by Android Market to determine the features that your application requires. -- Olivier Thanks that works... for anyone interested the command is simply: aapt dump badging your_apk_here.apk It seems for most apps that don't use hardware and don't have uses- feature in the AndroidManifest only uses- feature:android.hardware.touchscreen is included. I presume this means the answer to my question is that no, Android Market doesn't filter out apps that don't declare their lack of feature usage by default. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Any proposed changes to the Android Market?
String said: Also, app markets have (unfortunately) become a numbers game in the eyes of the public. It's important for Google to be able to say they have 150,000 (or whatever) apps in the Market; clearing the dregs would drop that number considerably, probably by an order of magnitude. Although this would probably be a better situation, for both devs and users, it's a net loss on the mindshare front. And that's not unimportant to the decision makers. But that kind of marketing is even less sophisticated than quantity over quality - all Google would be selling on is quantity alone, which is non-sense. I give mobile application users and developers more credit than to simply assume that most of them would only care about how many apps exist on a market. Once you've reached any figure over 10,000 - I think you've already established yourself as a dominant market in terms of popularity as a platform for publishing and downloading apps. I agree with William Ferguson that Google should go for a more sophisticated marketing approach for Android, and establish the Android Market as a compelling user experience that delivers professional apps that are not spam. Whether they do this through an approach of moderation or introducing clever algorithms is up to them - as long as it works I think it can only help to boost Android's market share as a whole. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Any proposed changes to the Android Market?
While Android as a platform and the Market itself offer some brilliant features to genuine app developers who want to produce high quality mobile applications, they also open up the Market to sub-standard apps which obscure other, perhaps more worthwhile ones. Of course the quality and appropriateness of apps are matters of opinion, and I wouldn't want a dictatorial approach, but are there any plans for a moderation of apps on the Market? Do other developers agree that some apps which clearly don't work or are so poor quality they could be deemed a waste of time should be removed, and do they think this (or any other approach) might raise the bar in terms of applications and stimulate Android app downloads? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Retrieving file path when using intent filter
I realise one has to use an intent filter to associate a file format with an application, but once this is done how does the app 'receive' the path to the file that was chosen? Is there a special method it calls on the Activity? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Any proposed changes to the Android Market?
Rereading the OP, I think I veered a little OT (again). ses is talking about moderating quality (which is much more difficult and I don't think needs to be done or should be) while I'm specifically talking moderating the spam (which automatically implies poor quality). Actually my main concern is those apps that you call 'spam', and I'm glad my thread has prompted some interesting discussion. Obviously if an app is fundamentally functional but has a few issues, it shouldn't be removed. But apps that simply don't work or re-uploaded in different forms in a spamming fashion should be removed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
