android-market

Clear apps from Android Market dashboard

A few of my apps were pulled by Google, and a few I unpublished myself, but my Android Market dashboard still has all these apps listed. Is there any way to remove them? ...

Read data about an application from the android market

I've noticed lately that some app recommender programs seem to get data off the android market. I'm wondering how I could retrieve information, such as screen shots, description, developer, number of downloads, rating, etc... I've done many searches and I haven't found any solutions. It would be nice to be able to use that info to be ...

How can I find why Android market is filtering my app on certain phone

Hi guys, we have an app for Android called OnTheRoad (market://search/?q=pname:eu.inmite.prj.otr.aclient ), but for certain reason, it is not visible if I access Android Market from Vodafone 845 phone (Huawei Joy). The phone has QVGA screen resolution and runs Android 2.1 system. The app is 1.5+ compatible and has enabled support for s...

Android - How to intercept the 'Install application' intent

OK, so not entirely sure this is possible... But trying to write an application so that I can run some code before any of the following activities are performed. 1) APK is downloaded from web and market launches installer 2) Install button is pressed on android market Is it possible to intercept and prompt on these events, or has Goo...

How can I sell my Android apps in a country that doesn't officially supported for merchants by Android-Market ?

I can't sell my applications on Android-Market because my country is not supported for merchants.Is there any other market-place which let you to use paypal or is there any way to get around this problem ? Edit:Question was not clear , edited to avoid missunderstanding. ...

Android Market Licensing: Check during onCreate() or onResume()?

In the included LVL sample app, the license check is triggered during onCreate. This means that when I click "Buy App" to launch the market, then immediately hit the back button to return to the app, the dialog is gone and another check isn't performed, leaving me with a perfectly usable app (at least until the activity is killed and th...

Android marketplace private applications for hardware exclusive?

We're working with a client who's planning on bundling their software on a new piece of hardware. The app will be bundled on the internal memory and needs to be updateable but is device specific, it's a hardware exclusive app. Ideally we'd like to use the marketplace as the update backbone but there don't seem to be any options for hav...

Android Seller Refunds and Cancelations - Can users still upgrade their apps?

I want to refund a customer's money without restricting their use of the app. Basically I want to give the app to some people for free by refunding their money. Prior to funds being transfered I can "Cancel entire order." After funds have been transfered I can "Refund Some Money." In either, or both, of these scenarios does the custom...

Android Market - Time to wait between two updates

Hi I would like to know how many times I must wait to post an update for my application. I want to be sure that the update will appears in the "news" section of the Android Market. Thanks very much. ...

What are some of the best ways to get your Android application noticed after it leaves the 'Just In' section?

So I've recently released an application on to the Android Market. Whilst it was in the "Just In" section I was seeing decent download numbers, but since then interest seems to have dropped off significantly. I think now people can only find my app through a specific keyword search, which doesn't make me particularly confident about it e...

Custom criteria for Android Market Filter?

I have been trying to make my application available on Android Market, only to specific individual accounts/devices. Is there any way to specify an arbitrary Market Filter? It currently has filters for country/carrier, but we need a finer grained filter than that. I thought about adding my own system library and specify it in <uses-lib...

Target only high-resolution (pixels) devices on Android Market

I want to publish an application that specifically runs only on 800x480 or higher screens. I don't want users with 480x320, 320x240 etc devices to get it from Android Market. How do I configure it? Market Filters seems to have the answer but I still don't get it. ...

find app released date in android

How to find the release date of an app in the android market? I want to know when some apps with a big number of downloads where release to have a look on how long it took them to get there. ...

Emailing out my apk for alternate markets

I keep getting emails from people and companies wanting to release my android app on various alternative markets, and often they want me to send them (or upload on their website) my apk. My questions are: What are the risks involved with this, how much can someone reverse engineer my app from the apk? How many other developers release...

Ways to offer app as free, and still charge users to pay for the service/usage?

I want to make my app free on the Android Market, also the country I live it, is not allowed to upload paid apps yet, neither to download it. But also I want to charge the users somehow for using it, without Android Market as that opts out the usage. Probably it would be an annual fee. So I am wondering, if I have a website where use...

Own developed App causes Force Close on Application Manager

Hey out there, i need help! I just released an App in the Market, when its installed, it causes a force close on application manager. But when I install it by Eclipse, there is no error:( Here the LogCat: > 09-15 16:43:52.677: > ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1648): Uncaught > handler: thread main exiting due to > uncaught exception 09-15 1...

[ANDROID] LVL and DeviceLimiter

Sorry, but I'm not understand how I can implement DeviceLimiter Interface. From references: "It requires that you provide a backend server to manage a users and devices mapping" This means that I have to implement and use my custom server that match DeviceID? How I can use this Interface? Thanks.... ...

android market account information tool

hallo, is their a way to get information of an android market account(my account) for other poeple ? So that other poeple have a look on how it is without permission to change something.. (e.g.that financier have a look on it). find nothing until now LG j ...

Getting started with Android Market?

How do I get started as an Android developer? I know that I need to pay a fee, but I'm unsure about other things. I have done iOS development, so forgive me for making comparisons or assumptions based on the Apple App Store. How do I distribute my apps? Is there an app review process? What do I gain by paying Google the $25.00 fee? Do...

Get Android Google Analytics referrer tag

We're planning to use Google Analytics to track ad click-through referrals, through the Android Market, to our application. According to the Google Documentation the referrer tag comes through via an intent, and is automatically recorded by the Google Analytics library. That's great, but we need to extract that referral tag for our own...