I had finished my first app and want to create an account in google play, but i was shocked that the country Iraq is missing from the NAME AND HOME LOCATION Developer Console
Some people told me that i should find a friend who has Visa card from elsewhere, is it true?
Is it possible to sign up from Iraq??
Yes, If your country is not listed in google play that means that country is not allowed to upload any kind of applications's on play store.
If you wish to upload you own application on play store then you need to find someone who lives in the country from the list and ask him to follow the procedures and create an account to upload your application and manage it.
I faced the same problem before, and I did not find an actual solution that satisfies me, so if you want to upload your applications safely and legally, I advise you to upload them to the Huawei Store as the most suitable solution for you. If this is not what you want, you can try the method that I do not recommend to everyone, which is to ask someone from outside Iraq, for example, Saudi Arabia - Turkey - Jordan - UAE - Egypt and other supported countries, but be sure to deal with the trusted person so as not to lose the fruit of your efforts.
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We are building mobile applications with mainly similar codebase, with some "functions" which are not available in all of our apps, so for example
- "A app": navigaton function is allowed
- "B app": navigation function is not allowed (for example because country law limitations).
Isit possible to upload it seperately (two different apps with different bundle id/package name) to the Apple Store and Play Store? Won't we get rejection because of the similar codebase?
Thank you!
On the Google Play Store it will not be a problem.
On the Apple App Store it you might get a reject, although I seriously doubt it. As long as you have good intentions there is nothing wrong with an App Store reject and it is not something you should be afraid of. Many legitimite apps gets rejected and after further explanation or small corrections they will be approved.
If your reason is as ligitimite as abiding to local law there absolutely should be no problem.
Both in Google Play Store and Apple App Store you can limit the availability of an app to certain countries. So in this case you would ensure "A app" is available in all countries except the countries where it is illegal. Similarly "B app" should only be available the countries where it is necessary to limit the functionality because of local laws.
The result would be that no country has both apps available. This is also the least confusing for users.
I've published 6 apps on Play Store during the last year, all of them targeted to distribute just in my country under Pricing & Distributing section in Developer Console. Nevertheless today I was checking the contry statistics (CURRENT INSTALLS BY DEVICE BY COUNTRY) and all of them have a bunch of installs in different countries (ten or more). How is it possible?
And I know the distribution filter is working somehow, because once I asked to a friend abroad to install one of my apps and he couldn't until I check his country in Pricing & Distributing section. So I don't know why
The only explanation I can think so far is that those sections are checking different properties to get the country. Maybe "distribution" only take care of the country defined by the operator, whereas the info in statistics check where is the phone now... This is not so intuitive though, and there is not clear description in Developer Console.
I've found anothear thread asking the same, but it wasn't properly answered and today is closed.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20008062/android-app-being-downloaded-from-non-selected-countries
User #jasonflaherty suggested the use of a modified Google Play that doesn't check the countries. This could make sense... but I would like more opinions.
Is this happening on your apps? Any idea of what's happening?
Thanks
I know one can have a feature to enable License API (LVL) testing, but to test the "complete Google Play User experience" before releasing to the world would also be nice.
I think this is a technical question and not a business related question so hope it is allowed to stay on-line.
As ever many thanks in advance.
Paul
No, it is not possible to restrict an App in the Play store to one user.
When publishing a apk for the first time it will only be visible when searching for the exact package name. So maybe you have enough time to test it until it shows up in regular search results.
Sorry, the question is not programming related but I have nowhere else to ask, I asked in android help center and support without any responses.
What do I need to open a company account in Android Market? I want my company to be seen as seller. How will they authenticate the company, what documents do I need to supply to the market?
Thanks
Ok, so here is the official answer I got from the Android Team :
Thanks for writing in. At the moment,
we only support merchants in certain
locations, and we're working hard to
add more. If you are legally able to
do business in one of the supported
countries and otherwise satisfy the
Google Checkout terms of service for
that country, you may register as a
merchant for that country. Please
check here for the most up-to-date
list of supported merchant locations:
http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=150324
You have to create a Google Checkout account
If you sign up as a developer, you get the option to add your business details by signing up for a checkout account afterward.
Note that I think this is the only way to get a checkout account outside the US and UK... I tried to get a checkout account before but couldnt get one :S (Australia)
I have an issue related publishing the paid app to android market. (My application is internet connection based app.)
If I've put the app to the android market, can user who bought the app pass to anyone ?
How is its security (I mean safe of .apk file) ?
Also, what is payment tool of android market ?
My main point is choosing the best way to link paid user to our system.
Actually I don't know how to link paid user account to my system(by email address or device unique id ?... what is better way ?).
Can you suggest me on this part ?
I really appreciate for help.
Thanks in advance.
the Android Market use Google Checkout for payment. You might want to check if you live in a country currently supported to sale Android application (I've learned the hard way...).
Austria
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
etc.
Edit: The list is now much bigger than that. The below link list them all.
https://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hlrm=fr&answer=150324
There seems to have some issues with the apk protection (look for android .apk copy on google). As far as I know, user can't pass the app to anyone (except if they crack the drm of course). Average user probably will not do this.