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Questions tagged [uses-feature]

Use this tag for questions about the uses-feature declaration in the AndroidManifest.

the <uses-feature> declaration declares a single hardware or software feature that is used by the application.

The purpose of a <uses-feature> declaration is to inform any external entity of the set of hardware and software features on which your application depends.

More info can be found in the documentation.

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I set uses-feature android:required="false" but Google play keeps insisting on these features

I've coded my app so that it has some features which it prefers, but otherwise does not need as I want my app to be available to all devices. In my manifest I've set:
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Uses-feature android:required="false" being ignored

in my AndroidManifest.xml file, I have these 2 lines: But then when I upload to…
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How to check specific features through code?

Here is the and specified in manifest file for my Android application
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android.hardware.telephony breaks installation on the emulator

We're currently revising our application manifest to explicitly use the uses-feature attribute to declare all its dependencies on hardware and software APIs. Since we expect the user to have mobile Internet, we set android.hardware.telephony to…
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Android Market hide my Application to some tablet (like Nexus 7)

This is my configuration of Manifest.xml, I don't understand why Nexus 7 and other tablet can't be able to download this app from market.
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How to let to run Android app on devices with front camera only?

I'm trying to figure out is there a way to let my app runs on devices with front camera only. Well, I think I should make it through in AnrdoidManifest.xml. I made it like that:
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Why we need to use attribute?

My question is related to camera. When an application needs to use the system camera, we create an intent with ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE action and add a permission like this in the manifest file.
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Parent uses-feature android.hardware.location

Does the usage of parent feature (for uses-feature tag) in AndroidManifest.xml mean the same as all enabled child features? For example, is the following block equal…
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pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE TELEPHONY); always returning false

I am trying to check if the device has telephony feature or not. But in emulator, it is always returning false. Why is it so? Am I doing something wrong.
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Play console does not consider uses-feature -> required="false" in manifest for android app bundle

I am trying to publish app bundle on play store. It shows wifi only tablet not supported because of android.hardware.telephony feature. I set this feature's required flag to false. But still play console shows the same error in device catalogue. Any…
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Your device isn't compatible with this version in Asus Nexus 7-inch tab

I developed my app for only Tablets. It was working fine previously but playstore app is not even listing my app on Nexus 7-in Tablet after recent update of my app. On playstore website it's showing the message -"Your device isn't compatible with…
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PhoneGap - Make Android feature optional

I want set couple of settings not to be required for my android app so Google' play store will recognize it also useful for tablets. I need add these two lines to my AndroidManifest.xml:
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How to specify hardware requirement through code?

I have an android application which has a provision to controls calls ie, allow or block specific incoming & outgoing phone calls.Here is part of manifest file.
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Making app compatible with tablets

Well I have this app that have an option to read device sms and missed calls. This is not a needed feature, but its present. The problem is that I have this permissions:
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