installing the HP Prime on Android

[pier4r]

(02-15-2018 12:56 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote:  Google Play did point out that "this app may not be optimised for your device" but 5 minutes didn't reveal any problems...When you see that message, is there anything in particular you should look for?

The only problem I see is a common one on Android: There is no option to install the app to SD card. I was hoping that had been fixed (or perhaps it is just not available on my device...Could that explain the "not ... optimised" message?).

I know many apps cannot be installed to SD card and one can argue it is working as intended, but having just had to pay for a new calculator on a new device because my 8 /64GB Android said it only had 400MB free when the SD card is practically empty... It feels more like a bug.

Wouldn't be bad to read about android in general, it helps. Before calling everything a bug at least.

The developer of an android app should program the app to be able to be installed on the SD card (unless you root your device). Therefore if an app does not implement the feature, it is going to use the internal storage.
Many apps are implemented in this way for various reasons, one is avoiding additional support problems caused by the SD cards (that may be slow) and users that do not understand this and keep complaining.
This is a known limit, since android 4 up to android 7 (with certain versions).

For example try to move chrome on the sd card. And google invests surely more money in chrome than HP in the HP prime.

The part "it may be not optimized for your device" is that an app can report to be optimized for certain screen resolution/sizes/android models (eg: only tablets). If it works, it works, if it doesn't you are out of luck.

Also, if you have 8gb internal, of which 400 mb free. Likely (a) most of the heavy app are installed internally and (b) a lot of data (pictures) are stored internally as well. The data can be surely moved on the sd card at least, to make some space. I also from time to time delete apps (or their cache) that I don't use often or at all.