I have an app on the google play app store for more than two years with more than 8000 download and its a paid app. recently i received a mail from one of the customers saying that he had been using the app over two years and recently he updated his devices with latest os versions
after which he is not able to install the app from the app store. No updates have been pushed from developer end. the customer gets the error " your device is not compatible with this version" but the app is of the
same version that he had been using. what could be the error. any suggestion pls
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="au.example.test"
android:installLocation="auto"
android:versionCode="12"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
In AndroidManifest.xml you can specify the minimum and maximum sdk version in this form:
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="integer"
android:targetSdkVersion="integer"
android:maxSdkVersion="integer" />
Change your maxSdkVersion to the latest android sdk version(18), then it should work
This may or not make a difference but it is recommended that you target a particular API level. It may be worth setting the target sdk version to the latest android release and ensure it is working as expected.
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I made an android app and published it on play store. I mentioned all the app specific required permissions in manifest.xml file, But when I am installing it from playstore it not asking the permissions like it asked for other apps.
I found one similar question here But did'nt get what I am looking for
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.agrawalgaurav.www.nighttorch">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
You might have installed the app in a phone running Android version 6.0 or above where the user should be requested permission on runtime and not at install time
Refer this https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting.html
If you have Android 6 or higher permissions will be asking in runtime. Some permissions probably will not be asking in runtime, for example Internet permission, because they are from Normal Permissions group.
i have written an android app with xamarin.android in visual studio and compiled a release build for android 4.1 and higher. testing directly with my devices works without problems.
after building an apk and uploading it in the play store for a beta test, it says: "app not compatible with your devices". i am pretty sure, that my test devices are not the problem. what could it be??
here is my manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="xxx" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.1" android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<application android:label="alone" android:icon="#drawable/Icon"></application>
</manifest>
on developer interface it says 10106 supported devices:
any ideas? thanks for your help...
best regards from germany,
steven
I dont use xamarin , but using studio if your gradle hava a different min sdk it will overwrite whatever os on you manifest , check your gradle file .
I added android:minSdkVersion="14 to the manifest of my Android app to only allow Android 4+ devices but Google Play shows that my app Requires Android 1.6 and up. Is there anything wrong with my manifest?
<android>
<manifestAdditions>
<![CDATA[
<manifest android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
</manifest>]]>
</manifestAdditions>
</android>
I used the Adobe AIR SDK 17 and packaged the app through ADT (command line).
It's a bug on Google Play! (it affects Beta and Alpha apps - I guess your app is in that state?) Check your APK details in the Developer Console for the API level - as long as it's correct your set. It should show the correct API level as soon as you publish the app to production.
I'm developing a android app. While developing I tested it on Moto E os-4.4.4. It works properly. But after deployment playstore shows your device is incompatible with this version. It shows compatible with many other devices running same os version.
I found some similar questions I tried there answers but nothing seems to work for me.
Any help is appreciated.
Here's my manifest file
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="7"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
android:maxSdkVersion="18"
/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
Not only moto e, its showing incompatible with over 1000 devices. The external libraries I've used are apptentive,flurry,facebook and actionbarshelock.
Android 4.4 is version 19. By setting a max SDK version, you're telling it not to allow install on any version over 18. So it won't consider your device compatible. Remove that max sdk version. Even google no longer checks this on the device beyond version 2.0.1.
There was some problem with google-playstore. It got solved after playstore update and now it's compatible with my device as it should be.
I'm trying to publish an app to Play Store, but when I upload the app, the Nexus 7 and other devices are shown as not compatible. The app should be restricted to tablets, as its interface is not not for phones. I didn't set requirements for hardware not present in Nexus 7 and I support all displays from 600dp up.
I found similar questions, but all related to camera or phone permissions... any ideas?
This is my manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="it.mypackage.stuff"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="12"
android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
<supports-screens android:smallScreens="false"
android:normalScreens="false"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="false"></uses-feature>
<application> Stuff.... </application>
</manifest>
I found the problem and solved it. I felt very stupid when I realized the problem was I weren't incrementing the "versionCode" field in the AndroidManifest.xml.
The Android Developer Console shows a strange behaviour: if you upload an apk to an unpublished application without incrementing the versionCode, the apk isn't replaced, and no error is shown. So the apk remains the first one uploaded, and all the changes made in the new apk are lost.