Android Market says that my application is "not in the target group" or "cannot be installed on this device"

Question

I hit my head about it since yesterday morning. A direct web page opens, but my application does not appear in the search. On my phone 2.1, the application page says: "This item cannot be installed on this device." My friends with 2.2 / 2.3 phones get "You're not in the target group for this item."

Free app
Copy Protection: Off
Content Rating: All
Supported devices: All countries
Product information on the market show:

Screen Layouts: SMALL NORMAL LARGE XLARGE
Essential device features
android.hardware.telephony
android.hardware.touchscreen
This app is available for more than 720 devices.

Further information below.

The irony is that I can use some karma right now X \ :)

Thanks,
Thien

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.rainpattern.karma" android:versionCode="3" android:versionName="1.0.1"> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SMS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="7" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="true" /> <!-- Wondering if not specifying made BOTH required? --> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony.cdma" android:required="false" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony.gsm" android:required="false" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" /> <!-- Using Roboguice so my application to load modules in sub-pkg --> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:name=".sms.InstantKarma"> <activity android:name=".ShowDeities" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> 

aapt d badging

 package: name='com.rainpattern.karma' versionCode='4' versionName='1.0.1' uses-permission:'android.permission.WRITE_SMS' uses-permission:'android.permission.SEND_SMS' uses-permission:'android.permission.INTERNET' sdkVersion:'7' targetSdkVersion:'7' uses-feature:'android.hardware.telephony' uses-feature-not-required:'android.hardware.telephony.cdma' uses-feature-not-required:'android.hardware.telephony.gsm' uses-feature-not-required:'android.hardware.touchscreen' application-label:'Instant Karma' application-icon-120:'res/drawable-ldpi/icon.png' application-icon-160:'res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png' application-icon-240:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png' application: label='Instant Karma' icon='res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png' launchable-activity: name='com.rainpattern.karma.ShowDeities' label='Instant Karma' icon='' main other-activities supports-screens: 'small' 'normal' 'large' supports-any-density: 'true' locales: '--_--' densities: '120' '160' '240' 

Answer 1

I had a problem today, when the originally published application did not show as compatible for any devices, said the site on the market, "This application is not compatible with all your devices." And by phone, if you managed to open the application in the market, he said: "You are not in the target group for this item." However, the developer console said that it should be available on 943 devices.

I opened the ticket in the Android support group ( https://support.google.com/androidmarket/developer/bin/request.py?contact_type=publishing ), and after moving forward a bit with their automated systems, we got an answer saying that they made some changes that might solve the problem. I am not sure if these were changes specific to our account, or if any account might receive the same error. Before receiving email (with thorough troubleshooting), I noticed that refusing to publish and republish apk fixed the problem.

Conclusion: if someone sees a problem when the developer's console claims that the application is available on devices that the market does not allow to install, try publishing and republishing your application (2 clicks of a button in the developer's console) and if this does not work, open a ticket with using google.