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    <blockquote> <p>We've licensed software to device makers and we wanted to allow app developers to publish only on those devices (I'll call these "licensed devices"). Apps won't work on other devices("non-licensed devices").</p> </blockquote> <p>Developers of such custom firmware extensions should do so as an SDK add-on, thereby requiring developers who use those extensions to have a corresponding <code>&lt;uses-library&gt;</code> element in their manifest. The Play Store should then automatically filter the app so that it only shows up on devices that have that SDK add-on. Motorola, HTC, Samsung, and others have created such SDK add-ons.</p> <blockquote> <p>I wanted to see if there's a means of doing the converse - making my app available only to a set of licensed devices. Is there a means of doing this with Google Play?</p> </blockquote> <p>No, sorry.</p> <blockquote> <p>Tomorrow, if Google adds one more device to the list of supported devices then it will be automatically included to my supported devices list which I dont want to happen.</p> </blockquote> <p>Then do not distribute the app on the Play Store.</p> <blockquote> <p>Is there a mechanism to get a notification as soon as Google adds a new device to the list of supported devices in Google play console?</p> </blockquote> <p>No, sorry.</p> <blockquote> <p>If not, what is the alternate way of handling it.</p> </blockquote> <p>Refresh your browser continuously, breathlessly waiting for the next update to the device roster.</p> <blockquote> <p>I am sure many other android developers would have faced the same issue</p> </blockquote> <p>Hopefully not. The Play Store is designed for distribution to <em>all Android devices</em>. The per-device exclusion list is designed for short-term compatibility issues, while you work out some bug fixes to overcome the issues.</p>
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