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androidgoogle-playandroid-manifestcompatibility
aeroxr1
aeroxr1

Reputation: 1074

Publish an Android App on Google Play only for smartphone

For all day I've looked for a good way to pubblish an Android APp on Google Play Store for only smartphone.

I found this way http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens-distribution.html#FilteringHansetApps:

<compatible-screens>
        <!-- all small size screens -->
        <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="480" />
        <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="560" />
        <!-- all normal size screens -->
        <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />
        <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="480" />
        <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="560" />
    </compatible-screens>

but the result was more strange.. the application appeared compatible with some device and some other not with no apparently sense. For example: The application was compatible with : galaxy s6, galaxy s6 edge plus , google nexus 6 but not with samsung galaxy s6 edge .

What I have to do to obtain my goal to pubblish an app only for smartphone and not for tablet or minipc ?

P.s : is there a way to see the result of this manifest modification without re-pubblish the app every time ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1203

Answers (2)

Daniel Netzer
Daniel Netzer

Reputation: 2232

Edited :: Changed entire answer.

<screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="xxdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="xxxhdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="tvdpi" />


<screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="xxdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="xxxhdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="tvdpi" />

so after clarifying the question precisely i figured you are missing this 6 lines of code to get all the densities for small and normal screen sizes.

let me know if that solve the Samsum S6 Edge issue.

Upvotes: 2

Columbo
Columbo

Reputation: 6766

Perhaps an entry like this in the manifest would pick the devices you want.

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="true"/>

Upvotes: 1

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