Monday, December 26, 2011

[android-developers] Re: How can apps sending and receiving SMSs be visible on the market for the new Galaxy Tablets?

Just curious, how can a device support SMS but not voice calling?
They both require a cellular radio, don't they?

On Dec 23, 3:29 pm, Terry <terb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Kostya.
> Thanks for your response, and for info on your strange experience with
> WiFi on the Galaxy Tablet.
>
> My problem is not to make SMS-functions work on the Galaxy Tab (which
> they do), but to make SMS apps visisble to devices which support SMS
> (including the Galaxy Tabs) - and only those.
>
> One could obviously try something like what you suggest, but in that
> case you need to make the app visible to all sorts of devices, also
> those which do not support SMS. Starting/running an app on deviced on
> which it will not run properly, would probably result in lots of angry
> users and bad/low ratings. Which we do not want.
>
> At some stange it seemed that the Market would try to solve this
> general problem - once and for all:
> Read about "The 5 steps to future harware happiness":
>
> http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/10/five-steps-to-future-h...
>
> The Market may have thought that they had solved this issue, but it
> seems not.
>
> Or could there be other ways ?
>
> Terry
>
> On 22 Des, 13:55, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > While I don't have a workaround - sorry - but this particular device
> > is.... quite weird...
>
> > FWIW, this is what I recently ran into, it has to do with WiFi:
>
> >http://wp.me/pSrdQ-lg
>
> > Have you tried calling SmsManager.getDefault() and checking for null?
>
> > -- Kostya
>
> > 22 ÄÅËÁÂÒÑ 2011šÇ. 16:48 ÐÏÌØÚÏ×ÁÔÅÌØ Terry <terb...@gmail.com> ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ:
>
> > > As no one has responed to this issue yet, I shall try to explain it in
> > > more detail.
>
> > > In order to DO make an app visible for e.g. the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model
> > > GT-P7500, one could put the following in the Manifest file:
>
> > > <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony"
> > > android:required="false"/>
>
> > > In the app code, one could e.g. use the following too check what
> > > features are available:
>
> > > PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
> > > boolean hasTelephony =
> > > pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_TELEPHONY);
>
> > > However, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model GT-P7500 returns a false on that
> > > method.
>
> > > The problem would be solved if there existed a constant like
> > > PackageManager.FEATURE_SMS or similar, but there is no such thing.
>
> > > I think that the Market is still not prepared for the type of products
> > > like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model GT-P7500.
>
> > > Any ideas as to how I can solve this?
>
> > > Terry
>
> > > On 21 Des, 12:38, Terry <terb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> I have tried to ask this question elsewhere, but without getting any
> > >> answer I can use. So I try it here also.
>
> > >> I have some apps which send and receive SMSs. They are invisible for
> > >> the new Galaxy Tablets on the Market, and they cannot be dowloaded to
> > >> them.
>
> > >> WHY?
>
> > >> As e.g. the Galaxy Tablet 10.1, model GT-P7500 does NOT support audio
> > >> phone calls - but it DOES support sending and receiving SMSs, there
> > >> should be no problem. In fact, when I download these apps to the GT-
> > >> P7500 šlocally, they work as expected.
>
> > >> The Market however, sees the permissions to SEND_ and RECEIVE_SMS in
> > >> the Manifest file of the apps, and interprets this so as to require
> > >> hardware.telephony from the Galaxy Tabs. Which is does not seem to
> > >> support.
>
> > >> Any idea how to make a work-around for this problem?
>
> > >> Terry
>
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