Android Market: the application is not visible on some devices

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Android Market: the application is not visible on some devices

I wrote an application that should handle outgoing calls. Everything works fine, the application already has several hundred downloads, but now I get feedback from people who would like to download it, but cannot find them.

I did some tests and found that the "PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS" permission is responsible for this. If I include it in the application, people with company phones (at least in Germany) will not be able to find it, as soon as I remove this permission, everything will be fine (when I re-insert it again, the application will disappear again)

It is strange that these users can see other applications that use this permission in the market. I compared the manifest file with the output from other manifest files and cannot understand why it does not work.

Here is the manifest file for the test application I wrote to test the problem:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.eventkontor.marketavailabilitytest" 
    android:versionName="1.2"
android:versionCode="3" 
    android:installLocation="auto">

<application 
         android:icon="@drawable/icon" 
         android:label="@string/app_name">

    <activity android:name=".showMain" 
                android:label="@string/app_name">

        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

</application>

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3"
        android:targetSdkVersion="4" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>

<supports-screens android:normalScreens="true"
    android:resizeable="true" android:largeScreens="true"
    android:smallScreens="false"></supports-screens>

</manifest>