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My client who is a carrier (believe me or not), who is going to distribute a bunch of tablets is asking me to put free apps downloaded from Google Play into their custom firmware.
is it just simply about downloading the apks and put them in the system/app folder (as odex or as apk) ? we are not talking here about simply uncheking "unknown sources", it's just to confirm the process.
aren't there any permission or certificate related issues or google account enablement issues to make the apps work ? there could be r/w issues, or issues with tablets where a google account is not activated (does a preinstall app does a roundtrip with the market when it's starts and what is the google account is not activated?)
legally is it authorized to redistribute apps published on Google play from other developers without their consent, even if they are free ?
I think most of your questions are answered in the Google Play Terms
In short:
It is certainly technically possible to put the APKs preinstalled on the devices but you are not allowed to do so unless you get a separate agreement with all the app developers in question. If you get an agreement with them they can probably provide you with an APK file that you can preload in the custom firmware.
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So to make it clear my question has following points to make it more easy to understand.
if I publish an app on google play a very simple app which will take my users through dynamic link to an outside apk hosted on my website because my main app (on my website) clashes with google play policies. So I can't publish it on google play.
Will I be having any issue with Google policies if I publish such a simple app which doesn't really interfere with any google policies but takes my users to an app outside of play store which is not in line with google policies. Thanks!
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Yesterday I put up my Android app on the Google play store. Today the app was removed from it without proper reason. Reason for suspension of app
REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of the intellectual property and impersonation or deceptive behavior provisions of the Content Policy. Please refer to the IP infringement and impersonation policy help article for more information.
Your app and/or elements of its listing on Google Play, including title, description, logo(s), or promotional screen-shots must not include unauthorized usage of protected works belonging to a third party.
Your app icon and promotional screen-shots must not contain images that appear confusingly similar to existing products.
My app name: Finger Scan Locker
icon and screen shots are desgined by our desginer.
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screenshots
I don't copy the icon and screen shots,that are developed by my designer.
This is my second app got suspended from Google play store with same reason.
so,can any one give me solution am i missing anything?
Thanks in advance..
As a comment says it might be your icon that is detected as an Apple IP infrigment because it is an iphone. Ask your designer how he did it.
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I have a free app in Google store with ads.
I have received requests from users for a paid, ad-free version.
When I first uploaded the app to Google Play Store, it stated that if the app was free now it could never be changed.
My question is: Is it possible to have a paid and unpaid version of the same app on Google Play Store?
Change the package name and name of your app in AndroidManifest. Then it will be treated as another app.
You can offer some in-app purchases, like activation key to unlock additional features or access additional content. You do not need to replace all classes to have two versions, it may be enough to flip some boolean inside depending on how do you currently want it to be.
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I need the APK file which downloaded during app installation from google play. I am unable to find it in the download folder. Is it possible to get it from download?
Not really. If you've downloaded it from the Android store, it will definitely not show you the apk. This is so people can't just send the apk of a paid app to oneanother.
Try with utility apps like "rom toolbox" for example, you can make backup apps in your phone in apk, there's a lot of apps that can do it anyway, but most probably you'll need root access.
try with Airdroid, awesome... you can transfer any data from your phone to computer and inverse through your wi-fi conection, i love it! ;-)
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I'm developing an Android app and publishing it in Google Market. The problem is that the difference between v1.x and v2.x is huge, and like most products I wouldn't like to automatically provide Major upgrade for free for user of v1.
Is there any way to "separate" the payment for v1 and v2, and provide "upgrade license" for users of v1?
I must say admins on this forum are idiots, closed for a reason: "Questions on Stack Overflow are expected to generally relate to programming or software development in some way". How is it not related to software development? :)
Upgrades nope; kind of irritating that the market has no option for coupon codes or developer discounts etc. but that's the way it currently is.
Kind of a hack, but you could leave the name the same and add Pro or Plus and change your package name so for instance
com.myapplication.v1
becomes
com.myapplication.v2
Then to promote it you can use admobs inhouse promotion facility (assuming you have put admob v1) it's not perfect but it would work, then just turn on the add when you are ready with a new version.
An alternative is to structure the newer application so that the new features are in app payments, that would probably be the most user friendly approach, let them use them for N days then shut them down and offer the users the ability to pay for the newer features
I have also not looked at their licensing service much, it might be possible to do something with that I suppose but I suspect not.