Manifest for Nexus 7

[Doug Lyman]

Has anyone successfully modified the settings in the manifest.xml such that LiveCode can produce an .apk file (for the Nexus 7) that is not filtered out from the Google Play store?

[jacque]

I was able to modify the manifest to change some existing values but wasn't able to add new values, but that was in an older version of LiveCode. What do you need to change?

[Doug Lyman]

I have made every change I can think of to simplify the manifest (with no success). I have seen some web posts from non-LiveCode developers that suggest that the following section needs to be added for the Nexus 7 -- however, when I add this section I get an error when building in LiveCode.


<compatible-screens>
<!--no small size screens -->
<!--Only hdpi and xhdpi for normal size screens -->
<screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />
<!-- all large size screens -->
<screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />
<!-- all xlarge size screens -->
<screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
<screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />
<!-- Special case for Nexus 7 -->
<screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="213" />
</compatible-screens>

[jacque]

I wasn't able to add any new lines at all, the only thing I could do was change "true" to "false" to eliminate small screens. There's a bug/feature request in the QCC asking that LiveCode allow us to supply custom manifests instead of using just their template. The current standalone builder seems to choke if the manifest doesn't match its own.

Do you have a Nexus 7, or have access to one? If so, you could try a standalone and see how it behaves. Just change the manifest template to "false" in the small-screen entry and see what happens.