Android Market - Market requires versionName

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jdonth

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Fixed: See post #5

This is my first attempt at posting to the Android Market and I am getting an apk error: Market requires versionName.

I am using the preferences module so I have a "locked" manifest file. The contents are below. I am also attaching the apk file I am trying to upload.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

~Joe

(Using B4A 1.60).
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B4X: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="dtg.notify"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="v1.11.19"
     android:installLocation="internalOnly">
      <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
      <supports-screens
          android:largeScreens="true"
          android:normalScreens="true"
          android:smallScreens="true"
          android:anyDensity="true"/>
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="PentaDee Private Notification">

        <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name=".main"
                  android:label="PentaDee Private Notification" android:screenOrientation="unspecified">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <service android:name="rssreader"></service>
<receiver android:name="rssreader$rssreader_BR">
</receiver>
<activity android:name="anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.preferenceactivity"/>

    </application>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>


</manifest>
 
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NJDude

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Have you tried changing the line:

android:versionName="v1.11.19"

To something else and see if it works?, I believe there might be certain restrictions or some kind of format, I have an app that doesn't show the WHOLE line (on the Market) it breaks after the 1st space, I don't get any errors, but on the market it doesn't show the whole string.

Don't know if my assumption is correct.
 
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Thanks for the suggestion.

I changed it to "1" and it still failed.

Interesting, when I look at the app in the Settings/Manage Applications on my test device, it doesn't show the version either.

I'm still lost.
 
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Your suggestion pointed me in the right direction.

The documentation for editing the manifest file to add the Preferences library says to insert the line just prior to the </application> line.

This is NOT correct if you have a <receiver.. module. It must be inserted after the last <application definition but before the <receiver definition.

Thanks for your help!
~Joe
 
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Sure.

Here is (my edited) manifest.xml file (AndroidManifest.xml)
B4X: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 package="dtg.notify"
 android:versionCode="1"
 android:versionName="v1.0"
 android:installLocation="internalOnly">
 <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
 <supports-screens
  android:largeScreens="true"
  android:normalScreens="true"
  android:smallScreens="true"
  android:anyDensity="true"/>
 <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="PentaDee Private Notification">
  <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name=".main"
   android:label="PentaDee Private Notification" android:screenOrientation="unspecified">
   <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
   </intent-filter>
  </activity>
  <activity android:name="anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.preferenceactivity"/>
  <service android:name="rssreader" />
  <receiver android:name="rssreader$rssreader_BR" />
 </application>
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
</manifest>
and here is the one generated by B4A 1.60 (AndroidManifest-Example.xml) for comparison.
B4X: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="dtg.notify"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="v1.11.19"
     android:installLocation="internalOnly">
      <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
      <supports-screens
          android:largeScreens="true"
          android:normalScreens="true"
          android:smallScreens="true"
          android:anyDensity="true"/>
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="PentaDee Private Notification">

        <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name=".main"
                  android:label="PentaDee Private Notification" android:screenOrientation="unspecified">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <service android:name="rssreader"></service>

<receiver android:name="rssreader$rssreader_BR">

</receiver>

    </application>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>



</manifest>
 
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I'm not so sure, Erel.

The reason I say that is that when I compiled the program and sent it to my test device (via the B4A bridge), and went into the Settings/Applications/Manage Applications, my program did NOT show a version description.

After making the change to the order within the manifest file and reinstalling (Alt-3), and repeating the Settings/Applications/Manage Settings the versionName was displayed.

However, with that said, I'm not going to argue with a B4A deity. . I'm brand-new to this stuff.

~Joe
 

eps

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Have you tried it without the "v"?

I don't have that in my versionName and it works fine. Whilst it is a text field, it is supposed to hold a numeric...

eta :

http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/versioning.html

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.package.name"
android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="1.1">
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
...
</application>
</manifest>
 
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