Specifying Android Market RAM in the Manifest

Question

some people continue to download and install our HD game on phones that have 100MB of RAM and give us a bad rating... :)

Is there a way to limit app download to only smartphones with much ram, or maybe to limit to new models/CPUs.

Answer 1

My final solution came from following the tip from Raghav Sood.. After a little research I found out that limiting to screens bellow will limit to devices with 512Mb+ of RAM. It's not 100% secure but it's best solution I found out there :)

Just add those filters in manifest file..

    <compatible-screens>
        <!-- some normal size screens -->
        <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" />
    </compatible-screens>

Please be aware that some new phones have higher density then xhdpi so they will be blocked out! I'm experimenting with the new filter:

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

So far, everything is OK. I found out that I have low-end devices on the supported list but no one complained so far, (for device related bug, in 85k downloads).

I would recommend a 2nd solution, but please use it with caution! I will definitely use it in my upcoming games.

You are welcome to give your feedback!