[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
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[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
I need to bring this issue (not seeing copyprotected apps in the market) up again. GOOGLE please give us an update when to expect this issue fixed!!! You are keeping loyal and honest customers from their leglay bought applications away and hinder us to spend more money on the market!!! This hurts your developers! Its been more than a month than this issue came up with the launch of the Milestone in europe. In the UK the problem was fixed within days but the unlocked phones are still waiting. What is the problem??? Respond to your customers. regards Christian On 18 Dez., 20:51, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: The problem of some Milestone devices not seeing copy protected apps is one we continue to work on addressing. We are working with the OEM to resolve the root cause. You guys are funny. Android Market on HTC Tattoo does not show applications that do not implicitly declare that they support its screen. It definitely has nothing to do with CAMERA permission or whatsoever This is false. As previously stated, *if* the app requires the android.permission.CAMERA manifest, it *must* state that it does not require autofocus in uses-feature in order to show on Tattoo. This is because the camera permission, if granted, implies access to an autofocus camera. The request must be modified to not require autofocus with uses-feature. Admittedly this is not as developer- friendly as it could be, its the result of a lack of foresight in our original design. A separate issue is that apps that do not explicitly support sdkVersion 4 or above will not be shown to Tattoo because it contains a small screen. small screen devices did not exist before Android 1.6 (sdkVersion 4) and apps may break when shrunk to fit the smaller screen. Apps declaring support for sdkVersion 4 or above will be assumed to support small screens, unless stated otherwise in the supports-screens element. Regards, Justin Android Team @ Google On Dec 9, 3:38 pm, Paul Turchenko paul.turche...@gmail.com wrote: You guys are funny. AndroidMarketon HTC Tattoo does not show applications that do not implicitly declare that they support its screen. It definitely has nothing to do with CAMERA permission or whatsoever. I do agree that Google could post some clear explanations what exactly AndroidMarkettakes into account when he decides that application should not show up (I'm pretty sure that it's a server side of AndroidMarketwho makes these decisions). And it has nothing to do with device vendor since it just includes AndroidMarketin their firmwares. Please stop blaming phone vendors. Google is the only one to blame for Android Market behavior. On Nov 18, 11:58 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for ourapp, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in themarket. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see yourappon HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Marketaccount and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it,allAndroid 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the AndroidMarket, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested myappto show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind ofmarketfragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com
[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
The problem of some Milestone devices not seeing copy protected apps is one we continue to work on addressing. We are working with the OEM to resolve the root cause. You guys are funny. Android Market on HTC Tattoo does not show applications that do not implicitly declare that they support its screen. It definitely has nothing to do with CAMERA permission or whatsoever This is false. As previously stated, *if* the app requires the android.permission.CAMERA manifest, it *must* state that it does not require autofocus in uses-feature in order to show on Tattoo. This is because the camera permission, if granted, implies access to an autofocus camera. The request must be modified to not require autofocus with uses-feature. Admittedly this is not as developer- friendly as it could be, its the result of a lack of foresight in our original design. A separate issue is that apps that do not explicitly support sdkVersion 4 or above will not be shown to Tattoo because it contains a small screen. small screen devices did not exist before Android 1.6 (sdkVersion 4) and apps may break when shrunk to fit the smaller screen. Apps declaring support for sdkVersion 4 or above will be assumed to support small screens, unless stated otherwise in the supports-screens element. Regards, Justin Android Team @ Google On Dec 9, 3:38 pm, Paul Turchenko paul.turche...@gmail.com wrote: You guys are funny. AndroidMarketon HTC Tattoo does not show applications that do not implicitly declare that they support its screen. It definitely has nothing to do with CAMERA permission or whatsoever. I do agree that Google could post some clear explanations what exactly AndroidMarkettakes into account when he decides that application should not show up (I'm pretty sure that it's a server side of AndroidMarketwho makes these decisions). And it has nothing to do with device vendor since it just includes AndroidMarketin their firmwares. Please stop blaming phone vendors. Google is the only one to blame for Android Market behavior. On Nov 18, 11:58 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for ourapp, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in themarket. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see yourappon HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Marketaccount and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it,allAndroid 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the AndroidMarket, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested myappto show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind ofmarketfragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in theMarketon the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in theMarket. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on theMarket, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies thatallscreensizesare assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf
[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
I think this thread really highlights the standing need for some kind of market visibility tool for developers. Of course, a desktop client for everyone would be nice, which would allow you to filter apps based on device type. But at the very least developers *really* need some way of checking visibility of their apps on various configurations, other than asking Hey, if you've got a Tattoo, can you see if my app is visible? -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi Justin, Thank you for your reply. You are the any Google employee facing this problem in any forum or group. I am also affected by this restricted market access. As already mentioned in the community, this concerns all the Milestones bought on Amazon in Germany and AFAIK all milestones in the UK. If you are addressing this problem, could you please make Google to state so publicly in order to avoid any confusion. I don't care if this problem is temporal. Some people are just concerned about it being permanent and thus returning their devices. Thank you very much. The issue with Milestone not seeing copy protected apps is completely separate. There may be some Milestone configurations that Market doesn't know about yet and as they are foreign Market assumes they may be unsafe to show copy protected apps to. We'll look into this. If posters can respond with what carriers the users seeing issues are on, that would be helpful. Cheers, Justin -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
You guys are funny. Android Market on HTC Tattoo does not show applications that do not implicitly declare that they support its screen. It definitely has nothing to do with CAMERA permission or whatsoever. I do agree that Google could post some clear explanations what exactly Android Market takes into account when he decides that application should not show up (I'm pretty sure that it's a server side of Android Market who makes these decisions). And it has nothing to do with device vendor since it just includes Android Market in their firmwares. Please stop blaming phone vendors. Google is the only one to blame for Android Market behavior. On Nov 18, 11:58 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why.
[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Justin, any news for us??? Please be aware that there are several threads in the consumer help section with exactly the same problem. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=34a071cd60d59177hl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=303d62515914af75hl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=7e413ad7ead5f891hl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=47a4045acf0015e5hl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=084e9487e0314217hl=en Just today a colleague of yours (Dontae) replied and wants to look into it. Best regards Chris -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi again, some more info concering the case of Milestones not showing protected apps from one of our customers here in Germany ... [SNIP] Dear Justin, I am one of the affected milestone users and I am far from alone. At least all of the milestones sold by amazon, Germany are affected! Milestones branded by Vodafone or O2, Germany are working perfectly. I know it is unusual for the USA but in Europe it is quite common to buy phones WITHOUT an carrier-contract. Those phones are NOT branded by Vodafone or others and they are simlock-free! Exactly those phones have no access to copy protected apps in the market. Our guess at the moment is that google missed those configuration and handles them as illegal (rootet) phones... are we right with this assumption??? But our phones are 110% legal with plain Motorola configuration right from the factory! It is not only that we can not buy or download any new copy protected apps. User who bought such an app on another Adnroid phone and now got themselves a new Milestone can not access their legally bought apps anymore!!! Google needs to react here really quick. We are honest users and your loyal fanbase! All of the affected phones have the following ORIGINAL Motorola setup: Model: Milestone Firmware-Version: 2.0 Firmware-Configuration-Version: GAS_EMEA_USASHLS00RTDACH_P001 Baseband-Version: 3GDMEPU91A_U_91.08.0DP Baseband-Configuration-Version: UCASHLSEMEAB1B803F.0R Kernel-Version: 2.6.29-omap1 a21...@ca25rhe53 #1 Build-Number: SHOLS_U2_01.03.1.125764182 PLEASE HELP US! best regards Christian [/SNIP] On 2 Dez., 05:40, rflexor rfle...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, thanks for participating in this thread, Justin! I have gathered that here in Germany we have Milestones sold by Vodafone for their network and free Milestones usable in any network. Currently, from what I read in the forums, those from Vodafone are able to see copy protected apps, others are not. If you need more details from one of the phones not able to see protected apps, let me know. Ralf On 2 Dez., 00:20, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Argh, thanks! I now found the small print in the documentation that implies this, and have added uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / to my manifest such that as of now my app should be visible to HTC Tattoo users (I have no Tattoo myself). My app sometimes uses autofocus but also works without, so autofocus support by the phone is not required by my app and was apparently inadvertently implied by the new Android defaults. It would be nice to have some sort of Market visibility test for a range of popular devices, because it is easy to overlook such details and hard to test for without buying tons of devices... On Dec 1, 10:32 pm, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: To return to the original topic of apps with the CAMERA permission not showing to Tattoo users, this is because you need to specify uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / in your manifest as perhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-eleme... . Tattoo does not include autofocus unlike all previous Android devices. For this reason, you need to opt-in to being shown to devices without autofocus. Likewise you can use uses-feature to specify that you require autofocus. -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Dear Justin, I am one of the affected milestone users and I am far from alone. At least all of the milestones sold by amazon, Germany are affected! Milestones branded by Vodafone or O2, Germany are working perfectly. I know it is unusual for the USA but in Europe it is quite common to buy phones WITHOUT an carrier-contract. Those phones are NOT branded by Vodafone or others and they are simlock-free! Exactly those phones have no access to copy protected apps in the market. Our guess at the moment is that google missed those configuration and handles them as illegal (rootet) phones... are we right with this assumption??? But our phones are 110% legal with plain Motorola configuration right from the factory! It is not only that we can not bu or download any new copy protected apps. User who bought such an app on another Adnroid phone and now got themselves a new Milestone can not access their legaly bought apps anymore!!! Google need to react here really quick. We are honest users and your loyal fanbase! All of the affected phones have the following ORIGINAL Motorola setup: Modellnummer : Milestone Firmware-Version : 2.0 Firmware-Konfigurationsversion : GAS_EMEA_USASHLS00RTDACH_P001 Baseband-Version: 3GDMEPU91A_U_91.08.0DP Baseband-Konfigurationsversion : UCASHLSEMEAB1B803F.0R Kernel-Version : 2.6.29-omap1 a21...@ca25rhe53 #1 Build-Nummer : SHOLS_U2_01.03.1.125764182 PLEASE HELP US! best regards Christian On 1 Dez., 22:32, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: The issue with Milestone not seeing copy protected apps is completely separate. There may be some Milestone configurations that Market doesn't know about yet and as they are foreign Market assumes they may be unsafe to show copy protected apps to. We'll look into this. If posters can respond with what carriers the users seeing issues are on, that would be helpful. Cheers, Justin Android Team @ Google -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
To return to the original topic of apps with the CAMERA permission not showing to Tattoo users, this is because you need to specify uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / in your manifest as per http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html . Tattoo does not include autofocus unlike all previous Android devices. For this reason, you need to opt-in to being shown to devices without autofocus. Likewise you can use uses-feature to specify that you require autofocus. The issue with Milestone not seeing copy protected apps is completely separate. There may be some Milestone configurations that Market doesn't know about yet and as they are foreign Market assumes they may be unsafe to show copy protected apps to. We'll look into this. If posters can respond with what carriers the users seeing issues are on, that would be helpful. Cheers, Justin Android Team @ Google On Nov 27, 8:08 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Are you talking about Droid, Milestone or HTC Tattoo here? Thus far there seem to be 2 separate patterns: apps can be invisible on the Market for Droid and Milestone when copy protection is on, OR apps can be invisible on the Market for HTC Tattoo when the CAMERA permission is used. On Nov 27, 3:48 pm, Marcus marcus.ter...@gmail.com wrote: Same with me. App uses Camera, but is not copy protected. supports-screens entries in manifest are there and true. minSDK=3 targetSDK=4 -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Argh, thanks! I now found the small print in the documentation that implies this, and have added uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / to my manifest such that as of now my app should be visible to HTC Tattoo users (I have no Tattoo myself). My app sometimes uses autofocus but also works without, so autofocus support by the phone is not required by my app and was apparently inadvertently implied by the new Android defaults. It would be nice to have some sort of Market visibility test for a range of popular devices, because it is easy to overlook such details and hard to test for without buying tons of devices... On Dec 1, 10:32 pm, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: To return to the original topic of apps with the CAMERA permission not showing to Tattoo users, this is because you need to specify uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / in your manifest as perhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-eleme... . Tattoo does not include autofocus unlike all previous Android devices. For this reason, you need to opt-in to being shown to devices without autofocus. Likewise you can use uses-feature to specify that you require autofocus. -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi, thanks for participating in this thread, Justin! I have gathered that here in Germany we have Milestones sold by Vodafone for their network and free Milestones usable in any network. Currently, from what I read in the forums, those from Vodafone are able to see copy protected apps, others are not. If you need more details from one of the phones not able to see protected apps, let me know. Ralf On 2 Dez., 00:20, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Argh, thanks! I now found the small print in the documentation that implies this, and have added uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / to my manifest such that as of now my app should be visible to HTC Tattoo users (I have no Tattoo myself). My app sometimes uses autofocus but also works without, so autofocus support by the phone is not required by my app and was apparently inadvertently implied by the new Android defaults. It would be nice to have some sort of Market visibility test for a range of popular devices, because it is easy to overlook such details and hard to test for without buying tons of devices... On Dec 1, 10:32 pm, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: To return to the original topic of apps with the CAMERA permission not showing to Tattoo users, this is because you need to specify uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.camera / in your manifest as perhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-eleme... . Tattoo does not include autofocus unlike all previous Android devices. For this reason, you need to opt-in to being shown to devices without autofocus. Likewise you can use uses-feature to specify that you require autofocus. -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Now that the new Motorola Milestone Phones came out in Germany (aka Droid in the US) we, too, are facing the problem of users not seeing our application in the market. Our settings: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 / supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=false / No CAMERA-permission. Copy-Protection active. The customer is using the standard Milestone ROM. He doesn't see our application (GeOrg) in the market, while his partner does with an older phone. We already have some Droid-users, who succesfully installed our application, so I really cannot see that it's caused by our manifest... I mean, aren't Milestone and Droid kind of twins? Any help would be very much appreciated. Ralf On 18 Nov., 10:58, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTCTattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTCTattooon the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTCTattoobuyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTCTattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTCTattooto test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTCTattoohas a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows
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rflexor wrote: Now that the new Motorola Milestone Phones came out in Germany (aka Droid in the US) we, too, are facing the problem of users not seeing our application in the market. snip Copy-Protection active. Turning off Android Market copy protection has worked for others, though I'm not sure specifically with the Milestone. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Germany, 18-22 January 2010: http://bignerdranch.com -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Same with me. App uses Camera, but is not copy protected. supports-screens entries in manifest are there and true. minSDK=3 targetSDK=4 -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Are you talking about Droid, Milestone or HTC Tattoo here? Thus far there seem to be 2 separate patterns: apps can be invisible on the Market for Droid and Milestone when copy protection is on, OR apps can be invisible on the Market for HTC Tattoo when the CAMERA permission is used. On Nov 27, 3:48 pm, Marcus marcus.ter...@gmail.com wrote: Same with me. App uses Camera, but is not copy protected. supports-screens entries in manifest are there and true. minSDK=3 targetSDK=4 -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
It really looks like CAMERA permission in the manifest causing the apps not to appear in the Android Market on Tattoo. Our test app shows up in the Android Market if we remove the CAMERA permission from the manifest. It does not show up if we add the permission. (in both attempts the copy protection was disabled). Regards, Philipp On 18 Nov., 10:58, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in AndroidMarket. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for ourapp, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in themarket. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see yourappon HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Marketaccount and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it,allAndroid 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the AndroidMarket, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested myappto show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind ofmarketfragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in theMarketon the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in theMarket. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on theMarket, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies thatallscreensizesare assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on theMarketwould be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on AndroidMarketfor users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo totest:( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find ourapponMarketwith their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Androidmarketshould have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't beshownfor, and why. -- 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
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Did anyone else experience this? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: To summarize...Our app does not show up on the market on HTC Tattoo devices. The manifest includes the following: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CAMERA/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/uses-permission uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=4 / supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / What can we do? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:38 AM, KKK rechild.supp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Google, Your mother let you answer our questions. On Nov 19, 5:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed, feedback from Google would be nice... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm,
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Bumping this question Our app is receiving great attention at the moment, and it is really a shame that we cannot do anything to get it out to all Android owners. Please Google, this is a serious issue...We would love to see a solution to this? Any help is much appreciated... Cheers! On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed, feedback from Google would be nice... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi, Google, Your mother let you answer our questions. On Nov 19, 5:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed, feedback from Google would be nice... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs
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To summarize...Our app does not show up on the market on HTC Tattoo devices. The manifest includes the following: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CAMERA/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE/uses-permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/uses-permission uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=4 / supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / What can we do? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:38 AM, KKK rechild.supp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Google, Your mother let you answer our questions. On Nov 19, 5:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed, feedback from Google would be nice... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our
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Agreed, feedback from Google would be nice... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com android-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs
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We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because
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Same thing with me, I have copy protection turned off in Android Market. It would be good now to get some feedback from Google or HTC on whether it is a bug. On Nov 18, 9:54 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't turned copy protection on for our app, and it is still not visible on HTC Tattoo/HTC Dragon. Please, Google is this a known issue? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Aspidoff aspid...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
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Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
I noticed this problem when the new Droid Eris came out. At first, i started messing with minsdk and even lowered it to 2 but that didnt fix it, the apps didnt show up in the market. I ran through Verizon and Sprint stores for days to try to get this to work. I dont think Google people even know the problem exist. I am surprised that this problem hasnt been fixed for such a long time now. Anyway, the reason why you can 't see your app on HTC Hero/Eris or any other 1.5 phones is because you have copy protection set to On. You can turn this off in your developer console when logged in to your Android Market account and editing your application description/title cheers! On Nov 17, 1:19 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any Google people that can shed some light on this issue? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp:// androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported:http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp://androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Thanks Phil! Indeed this is very strange. As I understand it, all Android 1.6 apps should by default be visible to HTC Tattoo on the Android Market, and use of the camera should not matter. I had even tested my app to show OK on a 240x320 screen using the emulator, and cannot think of anything else to correct. I was thinking of trying an empty supports- screens element in case documentation is ambiguous, but even so it would not seem to make sense to have the CAMERA dependency. Hopefully HTC or Android developers (Romain?) will figure it out soon, because this kind of market fragmentation seems unnecessary. On Nov 16, 9:55 am, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, We were not able to find The vOICE for Android in the Market on the Tattoo. But we found it on the HTC Magic in the Market. Hope there will be a solution for this issue soon. On Nov 15, 8:21 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported:http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlIf android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging fromhttp://androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-... where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Our app use the following permissions: android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - android.permission.INTERNET - android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - android.permission.CAMERA - android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE But why should the camera permission make the app not show up on market on HTC Tattoo? I´m confused about this :) On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Phil, Search for seeingwithsound, and you should find The vOICe for Android camera app (I just double checked this search on my ADP1). One wild guess is that your android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION might play a role (I do not use it), because at least on HTC's G1/ADP1 there are orientation limitations in the camera preview, and perhaps HTC decided to become more picky about this for camera apps. Thanks On Nov 13, 10:48 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Let me know what to search for and we can check with our Tattoo, which is a nifty nice little Android phone, by the way. On 13 Nov., 19:56, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. Did you try and find other camera applications on the Market with your HTC Tattoo? (I'm using android.permission.CAMERA and android:minSdkVersion=4 with my camera app, The vOICe for Android, but I do not know if it shows up on the Tattoo.) On Nov 13, 6:57 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi Klaus, Did you check if my camera app shows up on the Market for the HTC Tattoo? My The vOICe for Android app (search for seeingwithsound on the Market) uses uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=4 / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CAMERA/ uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WAKE_LOCK/ uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION/ uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION/ uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET/ uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE/ uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/ and it shows up on the Market when I search for seeingwithsound with my ADP1. I'll be interested if it too fails to show up with the HTC Tattoo? On Nov 14, 5:09 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Our app use the following permissions: android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - android.permission.INTERNET - android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - android.permission.CAMERA - android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE But why should the camera permission make the app not show up on market on HTC Tattoo? I´m confused about this :) On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Phil, Search for seeingwithsound, and you should find The vOICe for Android camera app (I just double checked this search on my ADP1). One wild guess is that your android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION might play a role (I do not use it), because at least on HTC's G1/ADP1 there are orientation limitations in the camera preview, and perhaps HTC decided to become more picky about this for camera apps. Thanks On Nov 13, 10:48 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Let me know what to search for and we can check with our Tattoo, which is a nifty nice little Android phone, by the way. On 13 Nov., 19:56, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. Did you try and find other camera applications on the Market with your HTC Tattoo? (I'm using android.permission.CAMERA and android:minSdkVersion=4 with my camera app, The vOICe for Android, but I do not know if it shows up on the Tattoo.) On Nov 13, 6:57 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Wait, so people are reporting problems with the CAMERA permission? Let me guess, if you need that permission, then the app isn't shown to phones that don't have cameras? What if the app *can* use the camera, but doesn't *need* to use the camera. What if it runs just fine on devices without cameras. What if my app can use GPS, but runs ok without it? Network connectivity? This sounds pretty broken to me. Why not just let the user decide if they want the app or not? -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
OK, I didn't know that. My curiosity was triggered by Phil with the suggested role of the CAMERA permission in having apps be visible on the Market, which AFAIK should not have made any difference. Also, android:minSdkVersion=4 (Android 1.6) according to documentation implies that all screensizes are assumed supported: http://d.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html If android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is 4 (Android 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. So I expected that basically only visibility of (unadapted for screensize) Android 1.5 apps on the Market would be affected, without any role for android.permission.CAMERA, and I would otherwise be surprised. BTW, lots of HTC Tattoo buyers seem annoyed, judging from http://androinica.com/2009/10/11/htc-tattoos-android-market-will-not-list-apps-that-dont-support-qvga-display-option-update/ where it is stated that even Google's own Listen, My Tracks and Sky Map are (were?) not visible on Android Market for users of the HTC Tattoo. On Nov 14, 11:39 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Blindfold, Sorry I dont have a HTC Tattoo to test :( Thats our problem...some users reported that they couldnt find our app on Market with their Tattoo. But we have no idea why? To Edward: HTC Tattoo has a camera, so that cannot be the reason our apps are not showing. What to do? :D Cheers On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and more importantly, the Android market should have a tool that allows developers to get a list of devices that their application won't be shown for, and why. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi! How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? It looks like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3/ supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com softwareforme@gmail.com wrote: As if it's not enough to have to manage the manifest, but HTC has a bit of a habit of releasing phones that cannot see some apps. Examples include the HTC Hero when it was released in Europe, and the HTC Eris recently released in the USA. I'd like to know if those phones you mention can see our app (PhoneMyPC) as well. Anybody have an idea how to check that? Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Alexey Volovoy avolo...@gmail.comwrote: How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
I'd add a targetSdkVersion attribute with the highest level you've actually tested against, like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=5 / In my experience, the lack of that attribute caused higher-SDK emulator images to be reluctant to run the app, so I could imagine that it might cause issues on real hardware as well. Doesn't entirely make sense, as SDK 4 (Donut/1.6) is now widespread on other handsets - which I'm assuming can see your app - but it doesn't hurt. String On Nov 13, 8:31 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? It looks like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3/ supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com softwareforme@gmail.com wrote: As if it's not enough to have to manage the manifest, but HTC has a bit of a habit of releasing phones that cannot see some apps. Examples include the HTC Hero when it was released in Europe, and the HTC Eris recently released in the USA. I'd like to know if those phones you mention can see our app (PhoneMyPC) as well. Anybody have an idea how to check that? Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Alexey Volovoy avolo...@gmail.comwrote: How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Actually we first used: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=4 / But that didnt work either :( We tried to manually install the app on a real Tattoo device, and it worked prefectly. But the app cannot be found on the market from that same device? What to do? :) If I understand correctly, the market only looks at the manifest to determine if the app is visible or not? On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.comwrote: I'd add a targetSdkVersion attribute with the highest level you've actually tested against, like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=5 / In my experience, the lack of that attribute caused higher-SDK emulator images to be reluctant to run the app, so I could imagine that it might cause issues on real hardware as well. Doesn't entirely make sense, as SDK 4 (Donut/1.6) is now widespread on other handsets - which I'm assuming can see your app - but it doesn't hurt. String On Nov 13, 8:31 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? It looks like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3/ supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com softwareforme@gmail.com wrote: As if it's not enough to have to manage the manifest, but HTC has a bit of a habit of releasing phones that cannot see some apps. Examples include the HTC Hero when it was released in Europe, and the HTC Eris recently released in the USA. I'd like to know if those phones you mention can see our app (PhoneMyPC) as well. Anybody have an idea how to check that? Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Alexey Volovoy avolo...@gmail.com wrote: How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi, We have the same problem and tried some things to solve this. We found out that with different Permissions set the app is visible in the market for the HTC Tattoo. Here all the permissions we set: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CAMERA / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.VIBRATE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/ We tried different combinations and left different Permissions out. The following worked fine: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WAKE_LOCK / With the others we have problems. Does someone have any idea why this could be problem and how to solve this issue. Thx for your help On Nov 13, 10:38 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Actually we first used: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=4 / But that didnt work either :( We tried to manually install the app on a real Tattoo device, and it worked prefectly. But the app cannot be found on the market from that same device? What to do? :) If I understand correctly, the market only looks at the manifest to determine if the app is visible or not? On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.comwrote: I'd add a targetSdkVersion attribute with the highest level you've actually tested against, like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=5 / In my experience, the lack of that attribute caused higher-SDK emulator images to be reluctant to run the app, so I could imagine that it might cause issues on real hardware as well. Doesn't entirely make sense, as SDK 4 (Donut/1.6) is now widespread on other handsets - which I'm assuming can see your app - but it doesn't hurt. String On Nov 13, 8:31 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? It looks like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3/ supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com softwareforme@gmail.com wrote: As if it's not enough to have to manage the manifest, but HTC has a bit of a habit of releasing phones that cannot see some apps. Examples include the HTC Hero when it was released in Europe, and the HTC Eris recently released in the USA. I'd like to know if those phones you mention can see our app (PhoneMyPC) as well. Anybody have an idea how to check that? Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Alexey Volovoy avolo...@gmail.com wrote: How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. On Nov 13, 5:39 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We have the same problem and tried some things to solve this. We found out that with different Permissions set the app is visible in the market for the HTC Tattoo. Here all the permissions we set: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CAMERA / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.VIBRATE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/ We tried different combinations and left different Permissions out. The following worked fine: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WAKE_LOCK / With the others we have problems. Does someone have any idea why this could be problem and how to solve this issue. Thx for your help On Nov 13, 10:38 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Actually we first used: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=4 / But that didnt work either :( We tried to manually install the app on a real Tattoo device, and it worked prefectly. But the app cannot be found on the market from that same device? What to do? :) If I understand correctly, the market only looks at the manifest to determine if the app is visible or not? On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.comwrote: I'd add a targetSdkVersion attribute with the highest level you've actually tested against, like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 android:targetSdkVersion=5 / In my experience, the lack of that attribute caused higher-SDK emulator images to be reluctant to run the app, so I could imagine that it might cause issues on real hardware as well. Doesn't entirely make sense, as SDK 4 (Donut/1.6) is now widespread on other handsets - which I'm assuming can see your app - but it doesn't hurt. String On Nov 13, 8:31 am, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? It looks like this: uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3/ supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com softwareforme@gmail.com wrote: As if it's not enough to have to manage the manifest, but HTC has a bit of a habit of releasing phones that cannot see some apps. Examples include the HTC Hero when it was released in Europe, and the HTC Eris recently released in the USA. I'd like to know if those phones you mention can see our app (PhoneMyPC) as well. Anybody have an idea how to check that? Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Alexey Volovoy avolo...@gmail.com wrote: How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- You received this message because you are
[android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Interesting. Did you try and find other camera applications on the Market with your HTC Tattoo? (I'm using android.permission.CAMERA and android:minSdkVersion=4 with my camera app, The vOICe for Android, but I do not know if it shows up on the Tattoo.) On Nov 13, 6:57 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Let me know what to search for and we can check with our Tattoo, which is a nifty nice little Android phone, by the way. On 13 Nov., 19:56, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. Did you try and find other camera applications on the Market with your HTC Tattoo? (I'm using android.permission.CAMERA and android:minSdkVersion=4 with my camera app, The vOICe for Android, but I do not know if it shows up on the Tattoo.) On Nov 13, 6:57 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
I'd love to know if you can see PhoneMyPC. It's not a camera app, but it's been unavailable to a few [HTC] phones. Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Let me know what to search for and we can check with our Tattoo, which is a nifty nice little Android phone, by the way. On 13 Nov., 19:56, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. Did you try and find other camera applications on the Market with your HTC Tattoo? (I'm using android.permission.CAMERA and android:minSdkVersion=4 with my camera app, The vOICe for Android, but I do not know if it shows up on the Tattoo.) On Nov 13, 6:57 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Hi Phil, Search for seeingwithsound, and you should find The vOICe for Android camera app (I just double checked this search on my ADP1). One wild guess is that your android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION might play a role (I do not use it), because at least on HTC's G1/ADP1 there are orientation limitations in the camera preview, and perhaps HTC decided to become more picky about this for camera apps. Thanks On Nov 13, 10:48 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Let me know what to search for and we can check with our Tattoo, which is a nifty nice little Android phone, by the way. On 13 Nov., 19:56, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. Did you try and find other camera applications on the Market with your HTC Tattoo? (I'm using android.permission.CAMERA and android:minSdkVersion=4 with my camera app, The vOICe for Android, but I do not know if it shows up on the Tattoo.) On Nov 13, 6:57 pm, phil philipp.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, we did some further testing and found out that the android.permission.CAMERA is the Problem in our case. We tried leaving it out and then the app was showing up in the market. Does anyone else have the same problem or can confirm that this is a problem. We hope for a fast solution or any tip how this can be solved as we need the CAMERA permission in our application. Any help is much appreciated. -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to test if app is shown on Market for all screensizes
As if it's not enough to have to manage the manifest, but HTC has a bit of a habit of releasing phones that cannot see some apps. Examples include the HTC Hero when it was released in Europe, and the HTC Eris recently released in the USA. I'd like to know if those phones you mention can see our app (PhoneMyPC) as well. Anybody have an idea how to check that? Scott SoftwareForMe.com Makers of PhoneMyPC On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Alexey Volovoy avolo...@gmail.com wrote: How's your uses-sdk part of manifest looks like ? On Nov 12, 4:29 pm, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone enlighten me? :) It looks like our app doesnt show up on the market on HTC Tattoo. What else should we specify in the manifest? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! We have uploaded a new version of our app where we added the following to the manifest: supports-screens android:smallScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / However, we are receiving complaints that users cannot find the app on the market using their HTC Tattoo and HTC Dragon phones. Any ideas what we are doing wrong, and is there a way for the developers to test if the app is visible on the market? Cheers! -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team -- 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
