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Stephen McClendon
Stephen McClendon

Reputation: 347

Advice Needed for Honeycomb App Upgrade.

I have been doing some research on the upgrading my app (android:maxSdkVersion = “10”) to Honeycomb and would like some advice.

First, one of the activities in my application is a List Activity. Once the user selects an item from the listview, a new activity/layout starts that gives information about the item selected from the listview. The user must then back out of the info screen to get back to the listview. (Simple)

If I move this application to Honeycomb, then I can use Fragments. Using Fragments, I can use both of the above mentioned activities on the screen at once.

Now the dilemma. If I use Fragments to get the functionality I would like, but then I will have to use the Android Compatibility library in order for my FROYO users to use the application. And by using the Android Compatibility library I will bind my application to a lower level of honeycomb OS.

So, if I want to continue upgrading my application past ICE CREAM, then the best thing to do might be to create one application that remains maxSdkVersion = “10” and a second application using minSdkVersion=”11”.

So, for a paid app, users will have to buy two versions of the application?

What am I missing here?

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 101

Answers (1)

aromero
aromero

Reputation: 25761

So, for a paid app, users will have to buy two versions of the application?

If you are using Google Market then, no, you can upload multiple apks and target different configurations using some constraints.

You can read this post from the official android dev blog

Upvotes: 1

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