App with WRITE_APN_SETTINGS permission is not available to Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7500 on Android Market

Question

I have found that Android application with WRITE_APN_SETTINGS permission is not available to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7500 on Android Market. I can see also from developer console that app is not available to this device.

On the other hand, here http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/market-filters.html is mentioned that "Strictly, Android Market does not filter based on 'uses-permission' elements".

When I removed following line

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_APN_SETTINGS"></uses-permission>

from manifest, app became suddenly available on Market and developer console confirm support of GT-P7500.

Here is a link to device specification http://acellphonereviews.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-3g-gt-p7500-review-price-specs.html.

Does anybody have explanation for this Market filtering behaviour and can help how to make app with APN permission available for GT-P7500 ?

Thanks for any hint, Gudaps.

Answer 1

Could it be that, implicit, WRITE_APN_SETTINGS adds the android.hardware.telephony feature to your app? Try adding this feature by hand and set it to required=false. (Don't forget to check if the feature is available on the device manually, i.e. avoid the NPE if the feature is not available.)

Answer 2

I solved problem by adding following to manifest:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="false"/>