I just realized a number of my apps do not show up on Google Play store on OS 2.3.6. I have this Samsung Galaxy Y with 2.3.6.
For example this Speedometer app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valueapps.utilities.speedometer
When accessed on the above mentioned device, Play store says the device isn't compatible.
What factors make your app disappear from a particular phone's Play store?
I've installed the app directly on this phone using USB cable+eclipse ( dev environment) and it works just fine. It's not compatibility issue for sure.
If your phone will not let you download apps on google play then download an online apk of an older version of the app.
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I have installed the Play Store on an emulated Android 10 device (Genymotion) running on my PC. Why don't some apps appear when I search for them? TikTok and Revolut are examples. These apps appear on my real phone when searching the Play Store.
I'm using the same Google account on each device. Apps like Facebook and Twitter appear in both devices.
Can anybody explain what's going on? Does the Play Store know I'm running on an emulator and filter apps accordingly?
So, My app has run fine on all 13 devices according to pre launch report of play store, but does gave warning and in the performance section, on device of Samsung Galaxy S3, it says, no performance data is available for this device, any idea, why that can be issue and can play store not let me publish my app because of that warning,
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Google Play Console performance report data requires that the application be installed and used on any device. Detailed information is here
Are you sure your application is opened in Galaxy S3? I think your application is downloaded Galaxy S3 device but does not opened.
I have started new Android TV Emulator. But it shows nothing except settings and search icon. I am unable to open even Google Play to add more apps.
Google Play is not included in emulator images (whether for TV or other devices) - the emulators only contain Android apps, not any of the Google apps.
(Whilst Android may be a free OS, what you receive on your actual phone is not - many of the key parts of that package are provided by Google, and are proprietary).
You can install your app to the TV emulator by using ADB.
I googled around and tried to find out something about the new Samsung App Store. I built an App for Google Play and I wonder if I can deploy it to the Samsung App Store.
The Android SDK isn't specially built for Google Play I guess. But looking at the Samsung SDK docs it seems quite different from the standard SDK.
Does anybody has any experience with Samsung or knows a link where I can find more info?
Thanks!
Google Play is a non exclusive app store. You are free to distribute your app via other channels, such as Amazon App Store, Samsung App Store, emailing apks and even direct downloads from your own site.
Any app that has been written with the Android SDK should work on any device running the supported versions Android (assuming the OEM has a bug free and AOSP based ROM).
Keep in mind though that some devices that have the Samsung App Store may not have Google Play and may not be able to use Google Services like In App billing and licensing.
Be warned with Samsung Apps, they take huge fees, there are many intermediaries (agents, commissionaires). While in Google Play you get 70% of the sales, in Samsung Apps you barely get 30-35%... And you are paid 6 months later.
I have developed and published an Android application on the Android market. The phone I used for developing this is a Samsung Galaxy running Android 2.3.
On Google Play, it does not allow me to download the app to the above phone, saying that the phone is not eligible.
What could be the cause of this ? It gets downloaded to other devices, that even run Android 2.2 so it can't be an issue with the Manifest.
The manifest can define other limitations (other than min version). For example screen size, density, required hardware and more.
The developer can also define some filters in the developer console.
So probably one of those options are filtering out your device.