How do I change Manifest.xml to indicate app is for tablets also?

Solar2D Android
#21

no errors anymore, but Google Play still says my app is for phones although I’ve broken supportScreens away.  

http://www.onestopdesktop.com/Screen_Shot.png

thanks!

#22

in case it helps, when I unzip the .apk, the Manifest.xml contains near the beginning:

versionCode

versionNameinstallLocation

minSdkVersiontargetSdkVersionname

glEsVersionrequired

largeScreens

smallScreens

xlargeScreens

resizeable

normalScreensiconlabel

later it also contains:

android.hardware.screen.portrait!android.hardware.screen.landscapesupports-screens

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#23

I was finally able to get APK manager to work. opened AndroidManifest.xml, and this was there:

<supports-screens android:largeScreens=“true” android:normalScreens=“true” android:resizeable=“true” android:smallScreens=“true” android:xlargeScreens=“true”/>

 

yet Google Play is still saying app is for phones???

#24

Have you read this? http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens-distribution.html

You don’t seem to be setting small-screens to false.  It probably defaults to true.  The example also includes a minimum pixel width setting as well.

Rob

#25

yes, I have. it says: “The catch is that you must compile your application against Android 3.2 or higher in order to use the requiresSmallestWidthDp attribute.”    Corona targets down to 2.3.3.

I also saw that it said resizable was deprecated so I’m getting rid of that. 

I’m going to set small and normal screens to false like you said. I just found out how small they actually are:

  • normal screens are at least 470dp x 320dp
  • small screens are at least 426dp x 320dp

I’ll update after next download. thanks!!

#26

new manifest

 <supports-screens android:largeScreens=“true” android:normalScreens=“false” android:requiresSmallestWidthDp=“480” android:smallScreens=“false” android:xlargeScreens=“true”/>

 

it still says for phones, and now my Motorola Droid X can’t open it. the Droid has a 480 pixel wide screen but it’s running 2.6 so it can’t read the smallest screen stuff.

what settings do I need to have it show up on pads and larger phones but not say it’s exclusive to phones? I would think by turning the largeScreens/xLargeScreens to true that would be sufficient to get rid of the phone only message.

thanks!

#27

I took off all screen size descriptions; the number of devices increased to over 5K, but it still says it’s only for phones.