Question

I just released an app but it can not be downloaded through the Play Store app on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Tab 2 7.0. But when side load it works fine. I suspect the permissions are causing the problem. Here is the list of permissions, could you tell which one is causing the problem? I suspect it is the android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE because the tabs do not have phone capability. Is that the problem? THanks

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />

<!-- Mobclix Required Permissions -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />

<!-- Mobclix Optional Permissions -->
<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"
    android:required="false" />
<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"
    android:required="false" />

Edit:
It perhaps is not because of that permission, because I saw the older version of Galaxy tabs , Motorola Xoom and Asus Transformer are all supported.
Thanks
Ray

Answer 1

Google Play filtering is usually a result of permissions that imply hardware features.

Take a look at the documentation for permissions related to <uses-feature> and add the android:required="false" attribute setting to any features which are not required.

There’s a good chance it could be the camera auto-focus feature which is causing the problem but I’m not sure.