Hello, Zsolt. You may well ask - but that's how it is. Yes, this tablet (Galaxy Tablet 10.1 GT-P7500) contains a cellular radio. It even has a microphone (which works well with Skype), but it doesnt support voice telephony.
Terry On 27 Des, 08:07, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just curious, how can a device support SMS but not voice calling? > They both require a cellular radio, don't they? > > On Dec 23, 3:29 pm, Terry <terb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, Kostya. > > Thanks for your response, and for info on your strange experience with > > WiFi on the Galaxy Tablet. > > > My problem is not to make SMS-functions work on the Galaxy Tab (which > > they do), but to make SMS apps visisble to devices which support SMS > > (including the Galaxy Tabs) - and only those. > > > One could obviously try something like what you suggest, but in that > > case you need to make the app visible to all sorts of devices, also > > those which do not support SMS. Starting/running an app on deviced on > > which it will not run properly, would probably result in lots of angry > > users and bad/low ratings. Which we do not want. > > > At some stange it seemed that the Market would try to solve this > > general problem - once and for all: > > Read about "The 5 steps to future harware happiness": > > >http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/10/five-steps-to-future-h... > > > The Market may have thought that they had solved this issue, but it > > seems not. > > > Or could there be other ways ? > > > Terry > > > On 22 Des, 13:55, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > While I don't have a workaround - sorry - but this particular device > > > is.... quite weird... > > > > FWIW, this is what I recently ran into, it has to do with WiFi: > > > >http://wp.me/pSrdQ-lg > > > > Have you tried calling SmsManager.getDefault() and checking for null? > > > > -- Kostya > > > > 22 ÄÅËÁÂÒÑ 2011šÇ. 16:48 ÐÏÌØÚÏ×ÁÔÅÌØ Terry <terb...@gmail.com> ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: > > > > > As no one has responed to this issue yet, I shall try to explain it in > > > > more detail. > > > > > In order to DO make an app visible for e.g. the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model > > > > GT-P7500, one could put the following in the Manifest file: > > > > > <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" > > > > android:required="false"/> > > > > > In the app code, one could e.g. use the following too check what > > > > features are available: > > > > > PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); > > > > boolean hasTelephony = > > > > pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_TELEPHONY); > > > > > However, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model GT-P7500 returns a false on that > > > > method. > > > > > The problem would be solved if there existed a constant like > > > > PackageManager.FEATURE_SMS or similar, but there is no such thing. > > > > > I think that the Market is still not prepared for the type of products > > > > like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model GT-P7500. > > > > > Any ideas as to how I can solve this? > > > > > Terry > > > > > On 21 Des, 12:38, Terry <terb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I have tried to ask this question elsewhere, but without getting any > > > >> answer I can use. So I try it here also. > > > > >> I have some apps which send and receive SMSs. They are invisible for > > > >> the new Galaxy Tablets on the Market, and they cannot be dowloaded to > > > >> them. > > > > >> WHY? > > > > >> As e.g. the Galaxy Tablet 10.1, model GT-P7500 does NOT support audio > > > >> phone calls - but it DOES support sending and receiving SMSs, there > > > >> should be no problem. In fact, when I download these apps to the GT- > > > >> P7500 šlocally, they work as expected. > > > > >> The Market however, sees the permissions to SEND_ and RECEIVE_SMS in > > > >> the Manifest file of the apps, and interprets this so as to require > > > >> hardware.telephony from the Galaxy Tabs. Which is does not seem to > > > >> support. > > > > >> Any idea how to make a work-around for this problem? > > > > >> Terry > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hide quoted text > > > >- > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
