app only for phones not tablets

Question

I am trying to build an android app which can be downloaded only by phone not tablet.I have put this into the manifest:

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

  <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony"/>
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14"
        android:maxSdkVersion="22"/>

Question:

1.When I am running my app in the tablet emulator,it is not giving any error. What am I doing wrong ? Does it only work when I submit it on playstore? If that's so then how can I test my app before making it live ?

2.As I have written here android:screenDensity="xhdpi",how to support xxhdpi? As an example nexus5 is xxhdpi.

Note :

By tablet I mean that the resolution isn't higher than 1440x2560 and the screen size isn't more than 6 inch and offcourse it doesn't support calling facility.

I have also tried this and this but with no luck.

yes, those restrictions are only for google play. – Vladyslav Matviienko Jun 26 '15 at 08:27 — Vladyslav Matviienko, Jun 26 '15 at 08:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '15 at 08:25

You can't do exactly what you want. There exists an overlapping between tablets & phones screen density. Some tablets are of screen density as phone and vice versa. What you can do is after using some restriction from manifest remove unwanted devices from playstore.

app only for phones not tablets

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