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Tin
Tin

Reputation: 719

Android application incompatible with many phones

I wrote an application for Android and now one of the users reports that the application is incompatible with many phones. I think the requirements/permissions are not that exotic. My manifest file has following code:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" android:targetSdkVersion="4"/>
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<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.VIBRATE"/>

Incompatible phones are shown in gray: Market http://www.preston.be/market.png Anyone an idea what's missing/wrong?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 928

Answers (3)

omermuhammed
omermuhammed

Reputation: 7385

Here lies the problem <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" android:targetSdkVersion="4"/>.

You are targeting Android 1.6 handsets, there are less than 15 % handsets out there that have that version of Android. You should target the latest Android versions. Here is Android docs about api levels that will make this more useful for you.

Also read up what it says about versions here.

As @commonsware mentioned below, I misunderstood, this. My apologies.

Upvotes: 0

Jorgesys
Jorgesys

Reputation: 126445

according to 

android:minSdkVersion="3" android:maxSdkVersion="4"

you are supporting only devices with Android 1.5 and 1.6 most of the devices have a newer OS version like froyo 2.2

install the latest SDK then in your android proyect go to "Properties" -> "Android" and change the "Project Build Target", for example Android 2.2 , API level 8.

then change in your AndroidManifest.xml 

android:minSdkVersion="3" android:maxSdkVersion="8"

then your app will be able to support more devices...

Upvotes: 2

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 587

The problem is that with the SDK versions you're using, there's an implied CALL_PHONE permission (see here and here for more detailed explanations). You should be able to work around this by changing the targetSdkVersion as shown in the second link.

Upvotes: 0

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