Question

I used to have this clause in my AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-configuration android:reqFiveWayNav="false"
                    android:reqHardKeyboard="false"
                    android:reqKeyboardType="nokeys"
                    android:reqNavigation="nonav"
                    android:reqTouchScreen="notouch"/>

As far as I know, these values mean “doesn’t require anything at all”. I added this clause mostly for completeness.

However, it caused my app to show that it is available to 0 devices in the Android Market console! Removing it fixes this, of course. Still, it seems like a bug as this setting should not cause anything to be excluded.

Has anyone with more experience seen such an issue, or, can spot my misunderstanding? Do these values actually cause restrictions?

Answer 1

Answering my own question — got a reply from the Android team. It looks like this is simply a bug and “notouch” is being treated at “no touchscreen at all”, which is not what it is supposed to do. So, just a little bug in the platform.