I am an indian resident. Developers in India cant sell android apps on android market. Can anybody enlighten me with any other legal means through which i can sell my apps on android market. I have my cousin who is an US citizen, residing in california. Is it possible to sell my app using her as my proxy. Please do ask me if i was not c...
Here is the context. I want to have a free version and a premium version of the same application. When people buy the application, I want them to be able to "upgrade" without losing their data, i.e. the premium version should install over the free version. I want to use the same code base and just switch a setting to build the premium ve...
For 8 days Ive been trying to get an answer to this question through the recommended Google support methods. As yet, Ive received no replies. As a 12 year evangelist of Google and an Android developer with no less than 3 games in the top games in Android Market, I think I deserve an answer. I apologize for posting this here but a dece...
A couple of weeks ago i uploaded one of App which happens to be a widget. But from the time i uploaded it i have seen lots of cancellation. The only reason google gives me is this: You cancelled this order. Reason: Other (describe below) Message sent to customer: Cancellation requested from phone. I cant get heads or tail of it... Wat...
Hi, I'm just about to submit an application to the Android Marketplace. There is this message when I try to upload the app: Remember to change the public key in updates for this application to match your new public key on the Edit Profile page Where can I find the public key? I went to http://market.android.com/publish/Home and click ...
I have published an app on Android Market which is limited to Norway. I'm able to find and install it myself from Market, as can several other Norwegian users. A colleague (Android 2.1) and a friend (Android 1.6), on the other hand, cannot find it. They both have phones bought in Norway, with SIM cards from Norwegian providers. Why ...
This is probably a dumb question but I can't find it anywhere... Which icon is used in your marketplace listing? Is it always the application android:icon="@drawable/icon" setting from your manifest file or can you have a launch icon different from your marketplace listing? ...
I have written an Android application that I am about to release, but I would like to have a 2.1 version with multitouch and a lower API version without. However, if I simply just use the minSDK setting, the 1.6+ version would show up in the market with the 2.1 version on 2.1 phones. Is there any way to release for a specific range of ...
I posted a free app and I've got a couple users who posted a comment saying that the app force closes in google's feedback. It's got a few hundred downloads in the day it's been up with an 84% retention rate. Google's error report in the developer's console says it has 0 errors. I've never had an app that reported any errors in the co...
I just wrote a little game for droid. I was thinking I would put some put some adds in it and release it for free and maybe I'd make a buck or two. I'm wondering what I need to do before I sign up for this. First, I live in Canada. I assume there might be some sort of problem getting paid from the US? I do not have a company. Can I ...
I don't have an Android device. Is there any way to see the Google Android Market - on the emulator, on the Web, in a specialized client (a la iTunes)? ...
Submitted an app to the Android Market. It went to Published right away. Is there really no review/testing/certification process over there? ...
What's the best way to link to an Android Market app without knowing who will get the link (Android user/non-Android user) and from where (desktop/mobile)? For iPhone I use the itunes.apple.com app links. They show a complete description of the app, and if you have iTunes installed, either on the desktop or on your mobile, it allows you...
I'm about to release an application in the Android Market. I need to generate a keystore to sign my application. The docs are a little spares on what I'm support to put into for the -dname param. Here is the line I'm using: keytool -genkey -v -alias release -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -dname "CN=mydomain.com" -keystore my.keystore -valid...
I have some quetions: Should I buy any license to distribute my applications? Which profit from the sale of applications? (sorry, I dont speak english very well :P ) ...
How do you improve the position of an app in Android Market search results? The apps don't seem to be sorted on downloads. Edit: The scope of this question is limited to working with the Android Marker search engine, of which there's little or no information. I changed the title to make it clearer. ...
I have publish a app with this AndroidManifest.xml: <supports-screens android:smallScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:anyDensity="false" /> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" /> and with publish option Copy Protection = ON(Helps prevent copying of this application from the device. Increas...
I have an application published in the Android Market. Its target is 1.6 and its minSdkVersion is 1.5. The only persmission it uses is INTERNET. My Manifest file looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="XXX" android:versionCode="1" ...
I have a paid app on Android Market. I've set up an HTTPS notification URL in Google Checkout settings. Yet notifications don't come. My Google Checkout settings under Integration go like this: My company will only post digitally signed carts - checked API callback URL - provided, it's HTTPS and it's valid Notification as XML - checke...
I uploaded my app to the market last night, and after an hour or so it showed 107 installs, 88 active, 2 comments. It still says that (12+ hours later), even though when I click comments there are 10+. How often do the statistics update? Is there any way to update them manually? ...