Question

I have published some apps and today I realized that they are available in the market only for devices with normal, large and xlarge screen… I would like my apps to be available for every screen dimensions… However, I have a galaxy s and a galaxy mini(small screen) and if I use any of then as emulator the app is running perfect. Please keep on mind that I have only one folder for my graphics(drawable). Searching the net, I have found that in order to have my app in all screen size market I should add that in my manifest:

<manifest ... >
    ...
    <supports-screens android:smallScreens="true"
                      android:normalScreens="true"
                      android:largeScreens="true"
                      android:xlargeScreens="true" />
    <application ... >
        ...
    <application>
</manifest>

Is that right? Should I do it? I would like to have you opinion please

EDIT:

I just tried to add these line in my manifest and I’m getting error when I try to save it. The error is:

Multiple annotations found at this line:
    - error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'largeScreens' in package 
     'android'
    - error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'xlargeScreens' in package 
     'android'
    - error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'normalScreens' in package 
     'android'
    - error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'smallScreens' in package 
     'android'

Answer 1

It is right approach. Searching on market is based on

supports-screen

tag in the manifest file.

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Attributes

android:smallScreens
android:normalScreens
android:largeScreens

are added in Android 1.6, while

android:xlargeScreens

in 3.0. Nevertheless, you should have them set to true in your manifest to have seaching on the market work correctly.

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Make sure you have proper

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="" />

This tag indicates minimum version of SDK your application requires. It based on API you have used.