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I have a task where I have to find if the application supports for phone or a tablet, that is available on the Google Play Store. I have two ways of accessing the app information:

  1. Using selenium automation to search an app url and get the app information.

  2. pull the apk file and do aapt dump badging <.apk location>

    The aapt dumping gives me values of support screens as below:

     supports-screens: 'small' 'normal' 'large'

    Is this enough to tell if an app is meant for phones or tablets or both?

Siddharthan Asokan
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    It's a pretty vague semantic distinction. I think `supports-screens` is about as concrete as you're going to get. – kabuko Sep 30 '13 at 21:10
  • I wouldn't count on those values. Most apps don't specify these values and the assumed default varies. I believe Google filters based on the presence or absence of tablet-sized screenshots. – Krylez Sep 30 '13 at 21:57
  • @Krylez While it's true that many apps just use the default, it is absolutely **not** true that Google filters based on screenshots. – Geobits Sep 30 '13 at 23:32
  • When I say "filter" I mean you won't see apps in tablet-specific categories if there are no tablet screenshots. They're still available, just not promoted in those particular categories. – Krylez Sep 30 '13 at 23:53

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