I have an application made for Android, and I took every possible care with regard to layout, screen resolutions, dpi etc. In fact, everything is properly configured in the manifest.
The layout of the application is quite different on a mobile phone and tablets.
Yet Google insists that:
... your APK does not seem to be designed for 7 "tablets
... your APK does not seem to be designed for 10 "tablets
Saying I should follow this rule here: Take advantage of extra screen area available on tablets
I've come to assume that the "robot" that does this analysis gives this result by not finding all layout XML files in separate folders, such as
- layout
- layout-sw600dp
- layout-sw720dp
- etc
However, although I did not create these folders, I handle all cases of layout and orientation by code, changing their elements and spacing as needed.
After almost two months of research (from 4/4 to 7/18), I still can not determine exactly what the "robot" is looking for, so I contacted Google staff directly for a review manual of my app through the Designed for Tablets Contact Form link on the Tablet App Quality .
They answered me like this:
Thank you for contacting Google Play Support. Upon further review, we have determined that your application, br.com.carlosrafaelgn.fplay, does not meet the basic tablet app quality checklist to be considered for use on tablet devices as explained here: link . Kindly visit this link and concentrate your efforts on the following:
2 - Optimize your layouts for larger screens
3 - Take advantage of extra screen area available on tablets
4 - Use Icons and other assets that are designed for tablets screens
11 - Showcase your tablet UI in Google Play
What made me more confused, after all, my app uses very few drawables (almost all of the app come from a custom font, so that each icon is a font glyph, and can be easily scaled to any size). And all the icons coming from drawables have MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI and XXHDPI versions.
My confusion comes from number 4:
Use Icons and other assets that are designed for tablets
Someone has already gone through this, and you have no idea what it means (since I created the 4 versions of drawables)?
What criteria does Google Play theft use to determine if an APK is not designed for tablets?