Thursday, May 23, 2013

[android-developers] Re: Suddenly Lots of Apps in Play Store are no longer compatible my Galaxy Tablet

Confirmed! Adding android:targetSdkVersion with a value higher or equal to 11 fixed this issue.

On Thursday, 23 May 2013 19:20:04 UTC+2, Fredrik Hyttnäs-Lenngren wrote:
I added the android:targetSdkVersion with a value higher or equal to 11 to my manifest file and uploading it to the developer console. The apk "details" now highlights "xlarge"  as a new feature. Going to publish the update and see if it REALLY did it or if it's just the Developer Console fooling me.

// Fredrik

On Thursday, 23 May 2013 17:50:41 UTC+2, jjbunn wrote:
Hi Fredrik,

I'm also having the same problem as OP. Nothing changed in my Manifest, or build procedure, but now Google Play marks my app as incompatible with e.g. the Nexus 10.

It would be really nice if there was some way of asking Google directly if they have changed something, rather than us all speculating on what might have happened or what the fix might be :-)

If I browse the APK in the dev. console I see the following. (I'm not sure what this information means precisely - I've never looked at it before!)

"Previously active APKs supported more devices than those in the draft configuration. Some devices will not receive upgrades. Less
  • Devices currently running version 76 are no longer supported by the current configuration. Such devices will not receive upgrades.
    API levels = 4 and
    Screen layouts containing any of [small, normal, large, xlarge*] and
    Features containing all of [android.hardware.MICROPHONE, android.hardware.TOUCHSCREEN]
  • Devices currently running version 13 are no longer supported by the current configuration. Such devices will not receive upgrades.
    API levels = 3 and
    Screen layouts containing any of [normal, large*, xlarge*] and
    Features containing all of [android.hardware.MICROPHONE, android.hardware.TOUCHSCREEN]"
Julian

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:35:05 AM UTC-7, Fredrik Hyttnäs-Lenngren wrote:
I actually see now that when I browse the APK in the developer console to read the details about it, that it claims that it only supports 3-screen-layout, rather than 4 (xlarge missing).
It should be possible to tinker with the manifest and upload a new apk, look at the details and verify what does the trick instead of uploading - publish - wait - check - repeat...

// Fredrik

On Thursday, 23 May 2013 09:21:09 UTC+2, Fredrik Hyttnäs-Lenngren wrote:
Did you update the apps My Anchor Watch Free" and "My Anchor Watch Pro" or did they just suddenly become "incompatible"?  
I'm looking towards adding the android:targetSdkVersion to one of my apps and release it and see if it works.

This is exactly the issue Google had with the Hangout app not being compatible with tables once they update it from Talk, so they must have been caught by surprise as well.

Fredrik

On Thursday, 23 May 2013 08:54:52 UTC+2, Terry wrote:
I don't think that android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion has anything to do with it. Some of my apps which are now shown as "incompatible" and some which are still "compatible", both only have the android:minSdkVersion in the AndroidManifest file.

Two of my apps which were shown in the Play Store as "compatible" only a few days aga, but which are now shown as "incompatible" (with e.g. GT-P7500) are "My Anchor Watch Free" and "My Anchor Watch Pro". They are both listed as compatible (with this particular device) in the Developer's Console.

Terry


On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:15:57 PM UTC+2, Fredrik Hyttnäs-Lenngren wrote:
I published a completely new app at the same time I published the updates, and it shows up on Google Play for all devices.
Only difference I can see between them is that the new app has the android:targetSdkVersion included within the uses-sdk tag while the others only have the android:minSdkVersion. 



On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:42:05 UTC+2, Terry wrote:
I have not found a common denominator yet. Strangely enough, those of my apps which are suddenly "incompatible" with the GT-P7500, (according to Play Store), are listed as compatible with the same device in the Developers Console. So it seems pretty obvious that something on Play Store has been broken.
Terry

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