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Google Play beta testing and publication issues

Two days ago I've published my app on Google Play as a beta testing version and I've added a group of testers for it. They are able to opt-in but the app is still not visible in Google Play app and from the web I can see that there are a lot of wrong information associated with it.

Current Version: Varies with device
What does this mean?

Requires Android: 1.6 and up
This is wrong as we used

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

in the manifest and

target=android-16

in project.properties

Size: Varies with device
How can I specify this info?

Moreover the google play web interface still says that this app is incompatible with the device I used to develop it! (Nexus 7).

What am I doing wrong?

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mrAlmond Avatar asked Jun 19 '13 07:06

mrAlmond


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1 Answers

I solved the compatibility problem with my Nexus 7.
It seems to be a bug in Google Play about supported screen sizes and about camera permission. This is what I added:

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

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.usb.host" android:required="false" />

<compatible-screens>
    <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />

    <screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />

    <screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />

    <screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="213" />
</compatible-screens>
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mrAlmond Avatar answered Nov 13 '22 20:11

mrAlmond