Question

I read the guide Distributing to Specific Screens and i tried both

<compatible-screens
   android:smallScreens="false"
   android:normalScreens="false" 
   android:largeScreens="true"
   android:xlargeScreens="true"/> 

and

<supports-screens
   android:smallScreens="false"
   android:normalScreens="false" 
   android:largeScreens="true"
   android:xlargeScreens="true"/>

even combined (iknow… i know… :D)

But i can’t seem to be able to limit my app from showing up in searches from my tablet (and of course it also installs)

The reverse setting works though..

<supports-screens
   android:smallScreens="false"
   android:normalScreens="false" 
   android:largeScreens="true"
   android:xlargeScreens="true"/>

my phone appears incompatible with the tablet version of the APK. What gives? is there something i’m not getting in the way that Google play filters using the Manifest?

Answer 1

You should use this syntax to filter, allowing distribution to only phones (and you can extrapolate and make the same for large and xlarge if you want to make a version for tablets).

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