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Is it legitimate to have a free 'lite' app on Google Play,
with an Amazon Apps link to the full version ?
I'm not sure for instance, Apple would approve of this. But Google is surely not Apple.
I have done this in one of my apps. The main problem with Google Play in relation to Apple is that "Approval" does not happen. "Removals" happen to anything that would be rejected after it has already been posted to the market. Next the accounts will be disabled following after a second offense. I would recommend not to take any chances unless being disabled is a risk you are willing to take.
That being said, I have had it there for 6 months with no issues. I however didn't make a direct link to the paid version through settings or anything. I simply made it so that after using the app 10 times and 7 days it would pop up a message asking if you would like to upgrade to an ad free version. I figured that in Google Plays testing process they aren't using each app for 7 days and 10 times.
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I have released my first android app on google play two days ago but it has not approved yet. Is that normal? how much time will i wait more?
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For certain developer accounts, we’ll take more time to thoroughly review your app(s) to help better protect users. This may result in review times of up to 7 days or longer in exceptional cases. You’ll receive a notification on your app's Dashboard about how long this should take.
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I have uploaded an Android App on Google Play Store and with a search today i can see this: http://www.androidappsgame.com/library-quiz/el
How come that my android app is uploaded to androidappsgame.com without my permission?
Any ideas?
This may or may not help, but make sure to check that first box in your console
The app is NOT on that store. That store is an aggregate site that grabs info from Google Play and makes it searchable. And it's not a very good one at that.
For the record, all of my apps are there too. I just looked. Even my newest ones are there.
You don't need to worry about anyone taking your app from Play and making it available elsewhere. It's just not gonna happen. And even if it did, 99% of devices out there have the system secured so you can't install stuff like that anyway.
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Last night I released a google play app and this morning it was in the play store and had even received a review.
Right now I checked and it isn't there anymore but it still says published.
Could it have been removed?
Last time i published an application, i couldnt see it in searchs for 1 week. Everything is possible with google play actually. But if they removed your application, u supposed to have a mail from them for sure. If u didnt, probably its a temporary problem. Wait today and if it wont be fixed, send a mail to them.
Try to go on this url using your application package:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=HERE_GOES_YOUR_PACKAGE
If it is there, you just have to wait for google to index it, sometimes it takes a couple of days.
You can also try this, that lists all your applications, this needs even more time then the app to get updated:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=HERE_GOES_YOUR_PUBLISHER_NAME_ESCAPED_URL
Example for my app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.cpiacente.fticker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Cristian+Piacente
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In this video from Google I/O 2011, Google says you can use the Android Market for public and private Betas, how do you achieve a private Beta using the Market? Is there a way to make an App private? Because I cant find it.
http://youtu.be/twmuBbC_oB8?t=11m28s
you can make it private with a password lock on startup for example, or with an authentication system. (like google+ launch)
though be carefull with that because some users might not understand and downrate the app, so you need to state it in the description.
Reto does not say that there's a feature on Android Market to publish beta builds. It explains what techniques you can use to achieve that.
If you want a wide spread beta... you can use Android market to do that... you can use an access code or obscure the name ... it's important for users to understand that it's beta version ... so that people know they should't expect a finished product.
Also, he advice not to upload a faked package name (some developers would do that to make sure that users don't down rate the beta app). He advices to at least upload the package with the original name (without publishing) in order to reserve 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?
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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.