[android-developers] Xperia play - how are they filtering by device like that ?

2011-04-01 Thread niko20
So I saw that all the games for Xperia play somehow know they are only allowed to be installed on that approved device. How are they doing that? Did they have Google update the market up or something to filter in some other ways? I know we certainly can't filter based on device! -nik -- You

Re: [android-developers] Xperia play - how are they filtering by device like that ?

2011-04-01 Thread Dianne Hackborn
They have a shared library on their device which provides extended functionality needed by the app. This has been a standard part of the platform since 1.5, used for example for the maps library and any other features that are not part of the base platform. I have repeatedly asked people like