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psergiocf
psergiocf

Reputation: 1617

Restrict mobile application on App Store

I'm developing a mobile application which we would like to restrict the access. I'm using Phonegap Build and setting the configuration on the config.xml file. There's a property named target-device (only applied to iOS) that can be set to handset, tablet or universal and it should block the app installation depending on the device.

Setting it to handset alows the application to run on both smartphone and tablet devices but this is not what I want. Is this behavior the same on the App Store or does it restrict only to smartphones?

EDIT: this issue only applies to iOS devices

Upvotes: 1

Views: 374

Answers (1)

JonWarnerNet
JonWarnerNet

Reputation: 1172

I believe the config.xml file that your talking about is for PhoneGap Build, which is different to regular PhoneGap (now Cordova).

As per their documentation on PhoneGap Build config.xml, it states that the target-device setting only applies to iOS builds, so this setting will not be used for your Android build.

https://build.phonegap.com/docs/config-xml

target-device with possible values handset, tablet, or universal
     example: <preference name="target-device" value="universal" />
     please note that this currently only applies to iOS builds; by default all builds are universal

I think your best bet is to use Eclipse, Android SDK, etc. and PhoneGap (Corvoda) rather than the PhoneGap Build service, as it will give you the control you want. For setup instructions see:

http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.8.1/guide_getting-started_android_index.md.html#Getting%20Started%20with%20Android

Upvotes: 2

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