Re: Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread Joseph Balderson
Thanks for the tip Frank. This seems to answer my question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15430272/make-android-uses-permission-optinonal "To let users who don't have those features install your app, you just have to add the android:required="false" option for the appropriate features." "Now

Re: Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread Joseph Balderson
Good stuff, thanks for the Android dev tip. Found this for iOS: http://blog.manbolo.com/2012/10/30/uirequireddevicecapabilities-and-device-compatibility-matrix Seems like "If a given capability is optional for your app, do not include the corresponding key in the dictionary," so that answers my q

Re: Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread Frank Dahmen
yes, but you must also add the uses-permission element i think Am 08.03.2014 20:35, schrieb Joseph Balderson: Cool, thanks! So, does that mean that if you release an app with , the app store will still allow a user with a non-GPS enabled tablet to download the app? __

Re: Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread Joseph Balderson
Cool, thanks! So, does that mean that if you release an app with , the app store will still allow a user with a non-GPS enabled tablet to download the app? ___ Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: http://joeflas

Re: Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
You may have to set the required=false. "The element offers a required attribute that lets you specify whether your application requires and cannot function without the declared feature, or whether it prefers to have the feature but can function without it." - When you declare "android:requir

Re: Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread Frank Dahmen
For android it is the "uses-feature" attribute in the manifest http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html Am 08.03.2014 19:44, schrieb Joseph Balderson: I noticed that many times, an app in the Android or iOS app store has GPS features, but they are optional. B

Mobile Apps with Optional GPS Capability

2014-03-08 Thread Joseph Balderson
I noticed that many times, an app in the Android or iOS app store has GPS features, but they are optional. But because the app "uses" GPS, user with non-GPS-enabled tablets cannot download the app. How do you build an app with optional GPS feature, which activates depending on whether the user has