market

Bug in minSdkVersion or what?

Hi guys, I've just published my app on the android market but something weird happened, this is not my first time publishing an app so I'm almost sure I'm not doing anything wrong here, so would like to know if anyone had this same issue before. 1st Attempt: Manifest.xml file <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:norm...

Problems with AndAppStore's Purchase Checking

I have asked the same question of their support staff, but I thought I would try here, too. I have tried doing an HTTP Post with their sample data, and the response I get back doesn't match what it's supposed to. Does anyone have sample code which includes the HTTP Post and conversion of the response to a byte array? Here are the inst...

my app is not for all devices in market

Hi at all. Today, I placed our new app onto the market store. It can be found by most mobile phones - unfortunately, it cannot be detected by one specific model which is used by one of our customers. It is the Vodafone 845, with a small screen (240x320p) and low density (120 dpi). It's running with Android 2.1, updated version (i.e. SDK...

Querying latest application version from the Android Market

Can I query the Android Market for the latest version of my application in code? I would like to show an update notification for the user when a new version is available. Related questions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2468449/process-in-updating-my-app-in-the-market http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3057771/is-there-a-way-to-a...

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...

What version of Android should I develop for ?

How should I make the choice ? What are the parameters I should take into account ? ...

What is Mac's REAL marketshare ?

Hello all. This is my first post on the site. Quick intro: I operate a one-man shop where I design software for a fairly small niche in the financial services industry. I target Windows desktops exclusively and my development framework is .NET/WPF. I'm trying to decide whether or not it makes sense for me to port my flagship software ...

Age to be Android Developer?

How old do you have to be to submit apps to the market. I've looked but I can't find anything? ...

android: response from market activity

Hi I am trying to make an app that opens android market page of selected app & lets user download it.I have used below intent to open market. Intent intent = new Intent (Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setData (Uri.parse ("market://details?id=" + PackageName )); intent.setFlags (Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); startActivityFor...

Searching applications without launching Market

Here is what I want to develop Let's say there is an application called 'A'. When 'A' is running, 'A' checks if it is available on the Market. If it is in the Market, 'A' launches Market and is redirected to the market detail page. If it is not in the market, 'A' keeps running without launching the Market I know an application can laun...

Non-Android Market distributers, who's legit and who's not?

I recently logged into my Gmail account which is tied to my Android Developer account and I found two emails regarding distribution of my application through markets other than the Android Market. The first was from "Ubinuri, Inc., a distributor of Android-based mobile applications through local app stores in Korea" which wanted me to ...

Android Market to list my app on just one particular device or just on tablets. How?

Hi, I need to make an app available for just one particular device model (or alternatively for just tablets) on the Android Market. Is that possible? Thanks for any hints. ...

Confusion why a magic 1.6 user cannot find app on market

Hi all, I've published an app today mainly for my forum users to use, just a very simple app that displays wallpapers derived from the forum. Problem I'm having is one guy says it doesn't appear in the market, and I've even sent him the APK to install manually but it fails. My minimum SDK version is 4, I created it with the 1.6 SDK sp...

How Do I Create A Certificate For My Android Market APK?

I want to upload my first APK/app to the Android Market, but I got this error (which did not lead me to the correct link when searched for in stackoverflow, by the way). Market does not accept apks signed with the debug certificate. Create a new certificate that is valid for at least 50 years. Market requires that the certificate used t...

How to parse the uploaded apk file with Java code?

I want to know how to implement java code to parse the apk file, get the android application version number and so on, such as after you uploaded android application in Android Market, it will get the version number, permissions. Anyone can give me idear? Thanks a lot. ...

Android: Contributor for Distributing app on android market ??

Hi, as we all see Google was increased his country list on android market on ( 30 countries for selling) and I saw some talks here about this theme , but I did not find quality answer .. My question is there any company or person etc. who make some service for publishing android app on android market from developers from cou...

Reserve the App Market URL in advance

We are currently developing an android app for our client. Client would like to include a barcode on a it’s mailing about the Android app, such that when the user scans the barcode, s/he will be taken directly to the application on the Android marketplace for download. To do this, client will need to know the exact URL on the marketplace...

Android market "Whats new in version xyz" - information

Hi there, While browsing through various apps in the market, I noticed that there's a "New in version xyz: ... " text, just above the number of downloads and comments. Did I miss something, or is there a dedicated field to provide this kind of information while uploading a new version of your app in the market instead of just changing y...

Financial Market Data for commercial site

Hello, I have to get the following information but from an online api or service. Now before anyone mentions yahoo finance I can't go down that road as this has to be on the up and up. I know google doesn't care about commercial or non-commercial but they don't have all this info. I also looked into YQL however that just uses finance....

Android Market application Url ??

Hi , Is there right way to get Url to android market app ? I read some answer here but I did not success to get any ? ...