Add support for low-end devices if compatible

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Hello,

I have an HTC Wildfire (Buzz), which I know isn't one of the best Android 
phones out there, but it works fine...

When I made my apps in AI, I was testing them using my Wildfire (Buzz), and 
there was not a single compatibility problem.

However, as soon as my app was uploaded to the Google Play Store, the app said 
it was incompatible on the left.

http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_LMarshall1995.Sittin
gbourne_Milton_And_District_Scouts

I have a feeling it is something to do with the screen size, because when I 
scroll down in my Developer Console after clicking on one of my apps to the 
Supported devices section it shows the Wildfire (Buzz) is not compatible.

I know that the app is, as I explained earlier, so can you add a feature to 
allow SMALL screen layouts please?

Or maybe even a tool that allows you to select what size screens you so wish to 
work, even though this may decrease some compatibility, it may also gain some 
in another way. I understand that you cannot have an app that is compatible 
with every single device, but it would be nice to have this feature, and I'm 
sure many other people will agree with me.

You may think that this is something that wouldn't make sense to add, so maybe 
a checkbox can be added saying:
- Add support for low-end devices [WARNING, SELECTING THIS FEATURE MAY DECREASE 
COMPATIBILITY]
Or something like that. So if the checkbox is selected, then you can edit what 
screen sizes are available, and if it is not, (which is is not by default) then 
it stays how it is at the moment.

It would be great if you could get back to me as I would really like this 
feature, I've tried to explain in as much detail as possible, but if you need 
any more information, my e-mail is linked on all of my apps.
http://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=lmarshall1995

Thank you,

From
Laurence Marshall

Original issue reported on code.google.com by LMarshall1995 on 7 Jun 2012 at 12:47

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A full list of the unsupported devices in the same instance as the HTC Wildfire 
(Buzz) are as follows:

Acer
E120 (K2)
E120 (K3)
E120 (K4)
E120 (K5)

Compal
A8 (CAP7)

Google
E120 (K2)

HTC
G1 (trout)
Touch Viva (opal)
Wildfire (buzz)
Wildfire CDMA (bee)

Huawei
C8500(hwc8500)
C8512(hwc8512)
CHT8000(CHT8000)
ES8100(hwes8100)
IDEOS(U8150)
IDEOS(u8150)
M650(hwm650)
M835(hwm835)
MTS-SP101(hwc8511)
Netphone 501(hwu8180)
RBM2(rbm2)
T-Mobile Pulse(U8100)
T-Mobile Pulse(u8220)
T-Mobile Pulse(u8230)
TSP21(U8110)
U8120(U8120)
U8180(HuaweiU8180)
U8185(hwu8185)
U8300(U8300)
U8350(hwu8350)
U8500(msm7225)
V858(hwu8160)

Kyocera Corporation
C5120(C5120)
C5121(C5121)

LGE
LG-C550(hazel)
LG-C660(muscat)
LG-E400(e0_open_eur)
LG-E405f(e1)
LG-P355(pecanV)
Optimus L3(e0)
Pecan(pecan)

Lenovo Mobile
A30t(A30t)

Motorola
Charm(umts_basil)
Citrus(cdma_ciena)
Flipout(umts_ruth)
MB632(umts_elway)
Spice(sesame)
XT311(XT311)
XT316(XT316)
XT317(XT317)
XT603(cdma_pax)

SEMC
Xperia X10 Mini Pro(U20i)

Samsung
Behold II(sgh-t939)
Europa(GT-I5500)
Europa(GT-I5500B)
Europa(GT-I5500L)
Europa(GT-I5503)
GT-B5512B(GT-B5512B)
GT-I5500M(GT-I5500M)
GT-I5503T(GT-I5503T)
GT-I5508(GT-I5508)
GT-S5360(GT-S5360)
GT-S5360B(GT-S5360B)
GT-S5360L(GT-S5360L)
GT-S5360T(GT-S5360T)
GT-S5363(GT-S5363)
GT-S5368(GT-S5368)
GT-S5369(GT-S5369)
GT-S5570B(GT-S5570B)
GT-S5570I(GT-S5570I)
GT-S5570L(GT-S5570L)
GT-S5578(GT-S5578)
GT-S5670B(GT-S5670B)
GT-S5670L(GT-S5670L)
GT-S6102(GT-S6102)
Galaxy(gt-i7500)
Galaxy Fit(GT-S5670)
Galaxy Mini(GT-S5570)
Galaxy Pro(GT-B7510)
Galaxy Pro(GT-B7510B)
Galaxy Pro(GT-B7510L)
Galaxy Y Pro(GT-B5510)
Galaxy Y Pro(GT-B5510B)
Galaxy Y Pro(GT-B5510L)
Galaxy Y Pro Duos(GT-B5512)
Moment(sph-m900)
Replenish(SPH-M580)
SCH-I559(SCH-I559)
SCH-i509(SCH-i509)
SCH-i559(SCH-i559)
SGH-T499(SGH-T499)
SGH-T499V(SGH-T499V)
SGH-T499Y(SGH-T499Y)
SPH-M580BST(SPH-M580BST)

Sony Ericsson
Xperia X10 Mini(E10i)
Xperia X10 Mini Pro(U20i)

TCT Mobile Limited (Alcatel)
A554C(A554C)
ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 916(one_touch_916_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_890(one_touch_890_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_891(one_touch_891_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_906Y(OT-906)
ALCATEL_one_touch_908A(one_touch_908A_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_908M(one_touch_908M_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_908S(one_touch_908S_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_909A(one_touch_909A_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_909S(one_touch_909S_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_910(one_touch_910_gsm)
ALCATEL_one_touch_910A(one_touch_910A_gsm)
Alcatel OT-980(OT-980_gsm)
Alcatel OT-980A(OT-980A_gsm)
Alcatel OT-981A(OT-981A_gsm)
Alcatel OT-981A(OT-981_gsm)
Alcatel_one_touch_908F_Orange(one_touch_908F_gsm)
MOVE(MOVE_gsm)
One Touch 890D(one_touch_890D_gsm)
One Touch 906(one_touch_906_gsm)
One Touch 908(one_touch_908_gsm)
USCC_ALCATEL_one_touch_909B(one_touch_909B_cdma)
Vancouver_Orange(Vancouver_gsm)
Venture(adr2045)
one touch 906(Martini)

ZTE
Android Edition StarText(turies)
MD Smart(ztenj73_gb)
N720(N720)
QB7211(QB7211)
RACERII(racer2)
Racer(mooncake)
V6020_Claro(V6020_Claro)
ZTE N660(mooncake2)
ZTE T12(P173A30T)
ZTE-U N721(N721)
ZTE-U V857(V857)
ZTE-U V857(zte_v857)
ZTE-V856(zte_v856)
soft stone(P726N)

Others
unknown(CAP8)
unknown(GT-S5300)
unknown(GT-S5367)
unknown(GT-S6102B)
unknown(ckt73_gb)
unknown(galaxy5)
unknown(goldfish)
unknown(magic)
unknown(mimmi)
unknown(tass)
unknown(taurus)

Original comment by LMarshall1995 on 7 Jun 2012 at 1:08

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Original comment by weihuali...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2012 at 1:56

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Try asking about this in the forum.   It might be that App to Market or 
Marketizer could give you a way to do this.

If not, we'll think about this some day, but not soon.

Original comment by halatmit...@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2012 at 3:38

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Thanks, but I have tried marketizer and it seems you need a better phone 
however you configure the app in the program. :-(

Original comment by LMarshall1995 on 1 Jul 2012 at 5:23

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Thanks, but I have tried marketizer and it seems you need a better phone 
however you configure the app in the program. :-(

Original comment by LMarshall1995 on 1 Jul 2012 at 5:23