Android manifest.xml? How do I add device requirements through build.settings?

yanuar · May 4, 2013, 5:59am

Hi guys,

I’ve been trying to add some device requirements to my android app. Basically what I want to do is :

Limit my app to only allow device with 800x80 resolution or above
Limit my app to only allow device with armv7 (is this already default?)

I’ve been reading the guide on build.settings but can’t seem to find anything about this mentioned.

Has anyone ever done this before? Or should I just edit the AndoidManifest.xml inside the apk file?

thanks

henrik5 · May 7, 2013, 9:50am

Armv7 is already default.

Corona will shrink your screen nicely to screen sizes below 800x800. So you only need the requirement if text becomes so small it’s unreadable (and you don’t want to provide zoom functionality). You would perhaps also think that buttons would become too small to hit with your finger, but that’s not the case. Because even if resolution is low, the screen is roughly the same size, so the button becomes roughly the same size too.

I don’t know the exact formulation for screen sizes, if supported. This below wild guess is just intended as … I dunno… inspiration?

settings = { &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;android = &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { supportsScreens = &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { name = "android.largeScreens", required = true }, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }, } --...other settings... } &nbsp;

henrik5 · May 7, 2013, 9:50am

Armv7 is already default.

Corona will shrink your screen nicely to screen sizes below 800x800. So you only need the requirement if text becomes so small it’s unreadable (and you don’t want to provide zoom functionality). You would perhaps also think that buttons would become too small to hit with your finger, but that’s not the case. Because even if resolution is low, the screen is roughly the same size, so the button becomes roughly the same size too.

I don’t know the exact formulation for screen sizes, if supported. This below wild guess is just intended as … I dunno… inspiration?

settings = { &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;android = &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { supportsScreens = &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { name = "android.largeScreens", required = true }, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }, } --...other settings... } &nbsp;