Make application available only for samsung

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I have an app and want to it make available only for Samsung devices. With the device availability dialog, I must exclude each device. Is there any other way to do that?

Look at this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9510649/how-to-restrict-android-app-to-specific-device-make — roky, Nov 06 '12 at 15:36
Short of toggling devices off individually, there is no other way to restrict distribution to a single manufacturer via the Play Store. What you want is not exactly a common pattern. — CommonsWare, Nov 06 '12 at 17:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:40

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Use String str = android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER; to get device name or android.os.Build.MODEL. Validate result and show any Dialog box on false, after - close your activity.

Other way, configure market publisher to block other devices

answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:40

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Configuring market publisher is a good idea but there are more than 1500 devices available for my application and it is very unconfortable to exclude all devices – user1803576 Nov 06 '12 at 15:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:52

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Take a look at this page It contains almost everything you need to know about the users device.

answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:52

Get Off My Lawn

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 26 '20 at 13:36

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String mf = android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER;

if (mf.equals("samsung")) {
    //device is samsung
} else {
    //device not samsung
}

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answered Nov 06 '12 at 18:34

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In fact Build.MANUFACTURER for Samsung is "samsung" with lower-case "s" so the code would not work.. – Petr Nalevka Apr 03 '17 at 14:17

Make application available only for samsung

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