Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread AndroidYourself
Yes, a lot of problems. But I think... look around at the real business world, every year a new update for Programs and Games, and the users have to pay the same price every year. I dont like this, but should the developer give all his additional work for free (maybe for 10-20 years) after the

[android-developers] why we prefer Inexact Alarms ?

2013-07-17 Thread Ashish Sharma
Hi, In android i found to set repeating task with Alarm Manager as compare to service is a better approach.. but can any body explain what is *Inexact Alarms and why we prefer it.* -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To

[android-developers] Re: why we prefer Inexact Alarms ?

2013-07-17 Thread Johan Appelgren
Says why right there in the documentation. These alarms are more power-efficient than the strict recurrences supplied by setRepeating(int, long, long, PendingIntent), since the system can adjust alarms' phase to cause them to fire simultaneously, avoiding waking the device from sleep more

[android-developers] Best practice for co-ordinating a SyncAdapter and GCM updates of data within an app

2013-07-17 Thread fr1550n
My app uses a SyncAdapter to periodically sync server data to SQLite. It also syncs in response to a GCM message that indicates new/updated server data; via.an IntentService. These components each do their work in different background threads and are created by different system processes

[android-developers] Wrong UTF-8 encoding when getting string programmatically

2013-07-17 Thread user123
I have a strange issue with vietnamese translations. They're stored in strings.vi file, in the app. The translations which are attached to TextView directly in the layout files display correctly, but if I get them programmatically: `getString(R.string.foo)`, then some of the vietnamese special

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread Kristopher Micinski
So you're going to create a separate app because of Lodsys's patent claim? Personally (not as a lawyer) I'd do an in app purchase, then if you ever got a cease and desist I'd take down the app and create two separate ones. Hopefully Lodsys will be dead soon enough: there's legislation in the US

[android-developers] Re: Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread b0b
IAP is the best solution here by far. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Deposits From Google Wallet Weirdness

2013-07-17 Thread b0b
Happened to me and got a You have unapplied payments/credits notification in Wallet to notify cancellation of erroneous payments. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [android-developers] Best practice for co-ordinating a SyncAdapter and GCM updates of data within an app

2013-07-17 Thread TreKing
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:51 AM, fr1550n shiraz.aziz...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure how to obtain my extended Application instance in the SyncAdapter else I'd try and use that. Context.getApplicationContext().

Re: [android-developers] Best practice for co-ordinating a SyncAdapter and GCM updates of data within an app

2013-07-17 Thread fr1550n
Hiya. That leads to an error: Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getApplicationContext() from the type Context. Also, that call would only obtain the application context which is not the same as the Application singleton that, for example, you can obtain from an Activity

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread AndroidYourself
This is also not possible... because you have to pay back all earned money of the last year for this app, if you take this down and release 2 new separate apps. I will let die the old apps, and will use the time for new apps. I think this is the best solution. Not for the customers... but for

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread Kristopher Micinski
Personally I'd use an in app purchase. The probability Lodsys will sue you is relatively low: and it's pretty sick that Lodsys' (soon to be illegal) processes are actually inhibiting the development of technology. That seems pretty messed up. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:00 PM, AndroidYourself

Re: [android-developers] Best practice for co-ordinating a SyncAdapter and GCM updates of data within an app

2013-07-17 Thread TreKing
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:50 AM, fr1550n shiraz.aziz...@gmail.com wrote: That leads to an error: Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getApplicationContext() from the type Context. Well, sure. I was just showing you the class and method you needed. Also, that call would

[android-developers] need BT bluetooth champion

2013-07-17 Thread cellurl
Hi Experts, I need one of you experts to help build something amazing. A cruise control that knows the speed limit. Open Source, cheap, I supply the hardware. Interested? Please please help. The speed limit interface is here: You can host it on svn here if desired.

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread Nathan
On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:33:50 AM UTC-7, Kristopher Micinski wrote: Personally I'd use an in app purchase. The probability Lodsys will sue you is relatively low: and it's pretty sick that Lodsys' (soon to be illegal) processes are actually inhibiting the development of technology.

[android-developers] Re: Deposits From Google Wallet Weirdness

2013-07-17 Thread Byung-Hoon Cho
I got the same error, not sure what to do about it... There aren't any instructions on what to do On Thursday, July 18, 2013 4:23:28 AM UTC+12, b0b wrote: Happened to me and got a You have unapplied payments/credits notification in Wallet to notify cancellation of erroneous payments. --

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread AndroidYourself
http://www.macworld.com/article/2032910/lodsys-sues-developers-large-and-small-over-in-app-purchasing-patents.html -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread Kristopher Micinski
What in the article you linked contradicted anything I said? Kris On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:50 PM, AndroidYourself mon...@2aba.de wrote: http://www.macworld.com/article/2032910/lodsys-sues-developers-large-and-small-over-in-app-purchasing-patents.html -- -- You received this message

Re: [android-developers] Question for a Google Play employee: is it allowed to release a pro version of my existing app?

2013-07-17 Thread Michael Leung
I have a free app and a pro version On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com wrote: What in the article you linked contradicted anything I said? Kris On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:50 PM, AndroidYourself mon...@2aba.de wrote: