GPS Manifest: GPS in App is optional, want to make it available to GPS less devices too

Question

On uploading my App onto the market today, I saw that it is only available to devices with GPS, so this excludes some tablets.

GPS in my App is optional. Is it possi

Answer 1

Add the following to your manifest

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

This will tell Google Play that while your app has the GPS, it's absolute requirement isn't true. However, you should handle the lack of GPS in your app gracefully, instead of letting it crash.

To check is the device has GPS you can call LocationManager.getAllProviders() and check whether LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER is included in the list.