In my app, I access my sqlite database at the following hard-coded location in my code: /data/data/ com.mydomain.appname/databases/database.db If I turn ON copy protection in the Market Place, will my app still have access to this location? Or will I have to change it to something like: /data-private/data/ com.mydomain.appname/databa...
WARNING: this question is now obsolete, as Android Market includes much more countries and such services as PayPal Mobile Payments Library are available. Hi! I'd like to sell my Android application, but I live in Poland and in my country* Android Market supports only free apps (we cannot sell and we cannot buy too). What is the best wa...
I would like to distribute a beta version of my application to a small group of users. Ideally this would be done through the market to make it easier for the beta testers. Is there a way to restrict an app's presence in the market? The only solutions I could come up with were: 1 - Have users download the .adk from the web and inst...
I am building a Windows based software targeted at consumers, and while I think it's awesome, I'm not sure if my potential customers will. I would like to do some market research to make sure I'm on the right track with the feature set. Unfortunately, I don't have the budget for a large sample size. I understand that I won't be able to...
Hi Im trying to start android market via my app to search similar products. I'm using this code. Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse("http://market.android.com/search?q=pub:\"some txt\"")); c.startActivity(intent); This works fine but when I hit on Home button with in the market and goto home phone home s...
Hi, i have released a version 1 on some app in the market. Can anyone tell me how to give an update of it? thanks ...
I published several free and paid app in the Market. I recently get several complains from customers about not finding my app in the 2.1 Market. Even if they have bought them before, they can't find it in the market or their download list after updating to 2.1. Can anyone tell me what the problem is? My apps only require minimal SDK 3.....
As far as I understand it is necessary for people using Scala for Android applications to bundle the Scala classes they used with their application. Considering this adds hundreds of kilobytes to each Scala app redundantly, would it be possible to build a Scala library which can be delivered over the market, so app writers can just depe...
Hi, i m uploading my apk for 1st time on market and getting Error:The server could not process your apk. Try . My manifest file is:- <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="packagename" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTE...
How is an app's position in the Android Market search results determined? Is it as mysterious and complex as Google Web search results? We obviously don't want to change any words in our app's title or description that would hurt our position. Same question applies for not only search results, but when clicking on a Category in the An...
There are a few apps on the market that are set up to have a free main component(which is a trial limited to 7 days lets say) then "recharge" apps that will add a certain amount of subscription time to an account for the user that allows them to keep using the main app. These "recharge" apps are available in the market as well. What I wo...
When exporting a signed Android application using Eclipse, is there a purpose to using multiple aliases? According to the official guide about signing, it's recommended that you sign all applications with the same certificate to allow your applications to share data, code and be updated in modular fashion. Assuming that "alias", "key" an...
I uploaded an app built with 1.5 SDK into market, but someone told me they can not find it in the market in their phone. I do not know why, because I have test it in 2.1 emulator. Then how to know if my app is available in android market with all versions, is there any url to test that? ...
Hi, I am integrating Paypal into my application for in-app purchase. I am using Paypal Mobile Checkout for this purpose. I will like to know whether Android Market will approve this kind of application which uses a payment gateway other than Google Checkout. Can anyone let me know where I can find information related to this? Thank...
I'm creating a mobile website that will include a page from which people can download relevant apps that we recommend. I've found instructions for creating the links to launch the Market but this assumes that you are the developer of the app in question and know the exact package name. Is there any way to get the package name, other th...
I'm building a market manager for EVE, but this problem should be solvable without any prior knowledge of the game. Basically, sell orders in EVE look like this: All I'm really concerned with is picking a good price. The numbers the program would pick are sent out to our production team so they can buy the items to build things. Ju...
Hello all, This is a simple question. Is there a way to allow users to enter in a comment and or rating for my app from directly within my app and have that data posted back to the Android Market? If so, what would the code for that look like if I used an EditText view to allow user input? If not, then is my only other option directly l...
Hi There, I have just written a game for the Android market and would like to remind my customers to leave feeback on the market for the application (especially the demo version.) Is there any way to launch the market intent in a mode that will take the user to the feedback / comments section of the page? I already use this approach fo...
I'm a new Android developer and I just released a free, open source tipping calculator app called Tippy Tipper. I created this app to get myself familiar with Android and to hopefully provide a good example app for other new developers to look at. Now that I've overcome the challenges of learning how to program, test and release my And...
(I am coming from an iPhone experience) When we create an iPhone app, Apple gives us a http URL that we can put on web pages that when clicked will open iTunes and give the user a chance to buy on their desktop. As Android has no "iTunes" Windows/Mac application on the desktop, what do I link to on my Web pages/email marketing so that ...