(seems like my previous post was not even posted, so this is a repost) I have an application that loads a 3dmodel and renders it. These models are rather big and i can only get it to work fast on faster hardware phones such as the Nexus One. However there is no way to target faster hardware phones. Now i get very good ratings (on phones where it work) and very bad rating (on slow phones).
Also: i would like to know the phone type when a user comments. In this way i can test it and check whether the user had a valid point or not. Could you please add this? Same for error reports. What i need is target hardware like Memory, CPU, and OpenGL 2. I read a comment on this article http://androinica.com/2010/05/12/dear-google-please-let-android-developers-target-their-apps-for-specific-devices/ I really like this comment: "The problem here is not (and should never be) fixed by blocking specific devices. If anything, because the list of devices will soon be too large for a single person to handle. It should be handled by requiring the correct hardware, if the Market doesn't already support that. Barcode Scanner, for example, could require auto-focus camera (there are already means for requiring a camera, for example; we just need a requirement for auto-focus). Raging Thunder 2 should ask for OpenGL ES 2, or a certain amount of VRAM, or whatever. tl;dr the Market needs many improvements, but blacklisting or whitelisting devices is a horrible solution. Check for hardware capabilities." Basically android already supports this partially with the <uses- feature in the xml manifest. However there should be more support for the hardware types i mentioned. So: How should i do it now? And how is this going to be supported in the future? My only option now is to detect it on startup and give an alert box to the user that it doesnt work on their phone. However then my whole sale-model is ruined. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
