Right now with corona I can build android apps for OS 2.2 and works on only certain phones. However, when you submit the app to android, how do you make it so that the app is only availabe on those devices.
For example there are ARM 6 devices that have android 2.2. So then what will happen? any ideas on how to handle this! [import]uid: 44599 topic_id: 10705 reply_id: 310705[/import]
I’ve never published an App to the Android Market but from what I’ve read if a phone doesn’t support all of the requirements to run an App then it won’t show up in the Android Market on that device. [import]uid: 27965 topic_id: 10705 reply_id: 38860[/import]
calebr2048 is exactly correct, it won’t show up for people whose phones don’t meet the minimum requirements.
There are also scenarios where people miss the 2.2 update and don’t know they could upgrade to 2.2 in their system settings manually - but again they won’t see the app either until they do this as well as meet any other minimum requirements.
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To clarify, I have a sumsung intercept that has android 2.2 but is arm 6. So how will it know? Since the restriction is set based on os version. How do you set based on chipset? I hope that makes sense what I am asking. [import]uid: 44599 topic_id: 10705 reply_id: 38896[/import]
The device itself and the Corona SDK have nothing to do with whether you can view and install an App from the Android Market. There is a file within every Android App called a “manifest” that is a list of the minimum system requirements for an application (just like the minimum system requirements for a PC game). Corona does not allow you to directly edit this file but there are ways you can (check the link below for more info). When you upload your app to Googles servers, they read this file and when an Android device connects to the Android market it tells the server what version of Android and what hardware it has. Googles Android Market will filter out any Apps that the device cannot run so the user never even sees them. When you connect to the Android Market with your Samsung Intercept you aren’t able to look at any Apps your device cannot run (such as any Apps made with the latest version of Corona SDK). Hope that clears things up.
http://www.base2solutions.com/walkabout/Corona%20Tips.html
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