[android-developers] Re: Market device-filtering question
Thanks for responding. Here's my permission list: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WAKE_LOCK / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CALL_PHONE / Hmmm, your followup question concerns me. My manifest doesn't have the uses-feature tag at all (the app goes back to 2009 and as I have upgraded it I haven't added extraneous stuff that was unnecessary; I have only made changes that new SDKs require in order to build and run the app). At the very least I would expect that leaving the filter wide open (by specifying no required features) would make it maximally visible. Why wouldn't someone with a Galaxy Tab be able to see the app as a result of the uses-feature tag? It seems to me like the uses- feature tag could only make an app *less* visible (by indicating a feature which someone's device lacks). If I indicate no features at all, doesn't that prevent it from being filtered on anyone's device? I think I misunderstand how this tag works. Thank you. On Mar 17, 11:50 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: What permissions are you requesting? And, did you add the appropriate uses-feature elements as needed for things the permissions imply that you do not actually need? http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-eleme... On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Keith Wiley kbwi...@gmail.com wrote: I realize this question is more about the market than android code development, but by Google's own admission they have completely shut down the market forums coincident with the switch to Google Play, and my question *is* about how to properly configure an app for the market, so that's sort of a developer question. My problem is that a potential customer with a 10.1 Galaxy Tab says he can't see my app in the market (or Play or whatever stupid name they recently gave it that makes it seem like Google only sells silly games and not serious business software!), but he *can* see it from his phone...so it isn't excluded for his region or some currency issue. Rather, it would appear that the market is filter-excluding my app specifically on his tablet. I have the following entry in my manifest, which I would have expected to avoid this kind of problem: supports-screens android:xlargeScreens=true android:largeScreens=true android:normalScreens=true android:smallScreens=true android:anyDensity=true / Is there something else I need to put in the manifest to make the app appear on tablets? At a higher level of abstraction, is there a general way of knowing precisely why an app is being excluded for certain devices so that developers can readily solve these kinds of problems? Thank you. 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in DC:http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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: Market device-filtering question
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Keith Wiley kbwi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for responding. Here's my permission list: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WAKE_LOCK / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CALL_PHONE / Hmmm, your followup question concerns me. My manifest doesn't have the uses-feature tag at all And therein lies your problem. Tablets are not phones, and CALL_PHONE implies android.hardware.telephony. At the very least I would expect that leaving the filter wide open (by specifying no required features) would make it maximally visible. You did not read the page I linked to: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html#permissions Here is a year-old blog post on the same topic: http://commonsware.com/blog/2011/02/25/xoom-permissions-android-market.html Here is an Android Developers Blog post on the same topic: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/best-practices-for-honeycomb-and.html -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 4.1 Available! -- 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: Market device-filtering question
On Mar 18, 8:48 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Keith Wiley kbwi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for responding. Here's my permission list: uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WAKE_LOCK / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / uses-permission android:name=android.permission.CALL_PHONE / Hmmm, your followup question concerns me. My manifest doesn't have the uses-feature tag at all And therein lies your problem. Tablets are not phones, and CALL_PHONE implies android.hardware.telephony. At the very least I would expect that leaving the filter wide open (by specifying no required features) would make it maximally visible. You did not read the page I linked to: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-eleme... Yes I did. Thank you. I simply missed the reference to cell-phones. I don't think of my app as requiring cell-phone capability (it's a spread sheet), so I tend to completely forget about it and not consciously reference any cell-phone aspect of a webpage or discussion since it's barely relevant to my app. The app only needs the associated permission because it's possible to dial a phone number directly from a spreadsheet in my app, but obviously, by no means does that extra capability prevent the app from being useful on android nonphone devices (and it's such a tiny inconsequential feature I totally forget it's even in there). I'll look into how to make that permission or feature optional so it still appears in the market on nonphone devices. Thanks. -- 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: Market device-filtering question
Looks like this is the trick: uses-feature android:name=android.hardware.telephony android:required=false / ...plus a few related entries for location access, etc. Thanks again. 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
