Android support-screens

Question

How can I exclude the following "ldpi normal" screens from the Play Store?

WQVGA400 (240x400) WQVGA432 (240x432)

My app requires a minimum width of 320. This is in my manifest:

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

For Android 3.2+ there is an option android:requiresSmallestWidthDp, but I support 2.1 upwards, so this is not an option.

How can I do this?

Thanks, Andrej

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17357682/how-can-i-made-the-layout-that-will-work-in-both-tablet-and-phone/17357736#17357736 — Nirmal, Jul 04 '13 at 07:44

android developer · Answer 1 · 2013-07-04T10:56:55.820

i think the configurations you've mentioned should be inside the same category of small screens, so people with those screens shouldn't be able to install your app.

so i think your manifest is ok.

here's the description of small screens (taken from here):

android:smallScreens - Indicates whether the application supports smaller screen form-factors. A small screen is defined as one with a smaller aspect ratio than the "normal" (traditional HVGA) screen. An application that does not support small screens will not be available for small screen devices from external services (such as Google Play), because there is little the platform can do to make such an application work on a smaller screen. This is "true" by default.

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 27 '15 at 17:02

Also try adding compatible-screen tag in xml. Here is an example how you can do it:

<compatible-screens>

    <screen
        android:screenDensity="mdpi"
        android:screenSize="normal" />
    <screen
        android:screenDensity="hdpi"
        android:screenSize="normal" />
    <screen
        android:screenDensity="xhdpi"
        android:screenSize="normal" />
    <!-- large screens -->
    <screen
        android:screenDensity="hdpi"
        android:screenSize="large" />
    <screen
        android:screenDensity="xhdpi"
        android:screenSize="large" />
    <!-- xlarge screens -->
    <screen
        android:screenDensity="hdpi"
        android:screenSize="xlarge" />
    <screen
        android:screenDensity="xhdpi"
        android:screenSize="xlarge" />
</compatible-screens>

Support screen only see the screen size but app design mainly uses screen-density. Tweak this part as per your requirement.

If you need more data about compatible screen search on developer docs.

Android support-screens

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