Cool, thanks! So, does that mean that if you release an app with <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location" android:required="false" />, 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://joeflash.ca Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book Frank Dahmen wrote: > 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. 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 it on their device? More specifically, how do you >> ensure >> that users with non-GPS enabled tablets can download the app? Is that >> something >> you'd establish at the programming level, or in registering the app >> with the app >> store? >> >> Thanks, >> > >
