Google Play - find app only on phone

[tdocs2]

Greetings to all. Thank you in advance for answering my question.

This is the first app (a test app) I put on Google Play to get the experience. My secondary objective is to test in-app Billing. I cannot find the app in the store from a 7 or 10 inch tablet. I can only find it from my phones - Samsung S3 and LG Optimus.

The listing below is from the app, AppXplore. I had the SDK version set to 14 but changed it to 11 to no avail. The signature was XXXX out in the listing below.

What am I doing wrong?

Label:tts777
 Package name:swi.tts777
 Version code:7
 Version name:
 Shared user Id:null
 Shared user label:0
 Data directory:/data/data/swi.tts777
 Source directory:/data/app/swi.tts777-1.apk
 Process name:swi.tts777
 Shared libraries:No shared libraries
 Target SDK version:11
 Certificate start:Fri Oct 26 23:14:25 EDT 2012
 Certificate end:Fri Feb 24 22:14:25 EST 2051
 App flags:0x88be44
 FLAG_ALLOW_BACKUP
 FLAG_ALLOW_CLEAR_USER_DATA
 FLAG_HAS_CODE
 FLAG_RESIZEABLE_FOR_SCREENS
 FLAG_SUPPORTS_LARGE_SCREENS
 FLAG_SUPPORTS_NORMAL_SCREENS
 FLAG_SUPPORTS_SCREEN_DENSITIES
 FLAG_SUPPORTS_SMALL_SCREENS
 FLAG_SUPPORTS_XLARGE_SCREENS

Signature:CN=XXXX
 O=XXXX2
 C=XXXX3
 Permissions:android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
 android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
 android.permission.INTERNET
 android.permission.SEND_SMS
 com.android.vending.BILLING
 android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
 android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG

Required Features:Not defined
 Activities:swi.tts777.main

Backup agent:Not defined
 Debug info:false

 

[NJDude]

The reason is that you have this permission:

android.permission.SEND_SMS

that requires telephony capabilities, and those tablets are WiFi only.

 

[Erel]

You can add this permission and still make your app compatible with non-phone devices: How to edit Manifest such that tablet without a phone will be listed as'"supported"

 

[tdocs2]

Thank you

Thank you, NJ. This was a good catch.

Thank you, Erel. This is a valuable piece of information. I will add it to the manifest per your other post and report back.

 

[tdocs2]

Modify Manifest

Thank you, again, Erel.

I added the following to the manifest, uploaded the apk to Google Play, and immediately, the number of devices eligible increased and reflected tablets.

AddManifestText(<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="false"/>)

I did test and downloaded the app to a 7 and a 10 inch tablet.