Suggested settings & permissions for submitting to Amazon App Store

Solar2D Android
#1

Hi,

I’m preparing our game for Amazon and I know they are kinda picky with settings & permissions. Do you have any suggestions?

Game uses portrait mode and tilt controls so I’m planning to use following based on their FAQ:

android =
{
versionCode = “1”,
installLocation=“preferExternal”, – app should install to SD if available
},

androidPermissions =
{
“android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer”,
“android.hardware.screen.portrait”,
“android.hardware.touchscreen”,
},

As far as I know CoronaSDK adds following permissions by default:

android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE [import]uid: 10478 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 316286[/import]

#2

Hmm, after looking at Android docs, I don’t think I can set those hardware features in androidPermissions list…

Is there a way to further customize Android Manifest or I just shouldn’t bother with those? [import]uid: 10478 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 60620[/import]

#3

check this thread for info on editing the manifest file directly:

https://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2011/10/02/what-androidmanifestxml-file [import]uid: 49447 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 60621[/import]

#4

@producerism,

Thanks for the link, I had no problem expanding the APK but the AndroidManifest.xml is in binary format and cannot be edited with a text editor…

Any suggestions to edit it? [import]uid: 10478 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 60647[/import]

#5

did you expand it using APK manager? If you simply rename apk to zip and unzip it, I don’t believe that will work.

You need to actually run APK manager. Just put your APK file inside the folder called “place-apk-here-for-modding”

Then run Script.bat, and select option 9 (“Decompile apk”).

Once it’s done running, there will be a folder inside of projects called projects/your_apk.apk/

Inside there, you will find the AndroidManifest.xml file, which you can edit as normal.

With that said, I haven’t been successful in recompiling an APK yet, but I’m sure it’s possible. I just had other things to focus on so I gave up after an hour or two of messing around. [import]uid: 49447 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 60653[/import]

#6

Yes, I have expanded it using the APK manager. AndroidManifest.xml is there but it’s in binary format.

I’m using the latest daily build and I think one of the recent changes in the daily builds was using the binary xml… [import]uid: 10478 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 60673[/import]

#7

Ah, that may explain it, I’m still using a slightly older build. Post back if you do find a solution. [import]uid: 49447 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 60675[/import]

#8

Yes that’s the difference I also noticed - with the newer binary manifest I got APK Manager not to work as I want… [import]uid: 70114 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 61320[/import]

#9

I don’t have any problems with extracting the manifest.
I’ve compiled with 2011.643 and was able to get an editable manifest using apktool v1.4.1.
(I’m using the command-line tool on a Mac) [import]uid: 70847 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 62304[/import]

#10

@ingemar,

I’ve been using Apk Manager, just tested with apktool and so far it works great, XML decoded…

Thanks for the info! [import]uid: 10478 topic_id: 16286 reply_id: 62325[/import]