Application does not show up in Android Market for Motorola XOOM tablet

Question

We have an android application, manifest of which sets the following configurations:

minsdkVersion = "4"

<supports-screens 
                  android:normalScreens="true"
                  android:largeScreens="true"
                  android:anyDensity="false" />

However, when a user with Motorola XOOM device browses Android Market he is not displayed our application.

Why is this so?

Answer 1

I had the same issue. Along with including android:xlargeScreens="true" I found this to be the fix.

The Android Market treats as though requesting a permission like CALL_PHONE also requests:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" />

The XOOM does not have telephony — the first Android Market-compliant device with that limitation. While it can have a data plan, it has no voice or SMS capability, and so it is treated as not having android.hardware.telephony. But, if you request permissions like CALL_PHONE, the Android Market by default will assume you need android.hardware.telephony. As a result, you will be filtered out of the Market for the XOOM.

The solution is simple: for any hardware features that might be implied by permissions but that you do not absolutely need, manually add the appropriate element to your manifest with android:required="false":

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

From this blog: The CommonsBlog - XOOM, Permissions, and the Android Market