Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-08 Thread Richard Schilling
Per Kristopher's point, I typically restrict the download of .apk files to happen from behind the firewall .. that is the web service that provides the .apk is not exposed to the Interwebs ... just to internal networks. Cheers, Richard On Monday, October 7, 2013 8:29:29 PM UTC-7, Pankaj

Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-07 Thread Pankaj Deshpande
Thanks Richards, I want the same thing. I will try this. But can I provide some authentication in order to download the apk file? Means user will be asked for his/her credentials before downloading the file. On Oct 6, 2013 8:42 PM, Steve Gabrilowitz steveg1...@gmail.com wrote: You may want to

Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-07 Thread TreKing
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Pankaj Deshpande pcdeshpande...@gmail.comwrote: But can I provide some authentication in order to download the apk file? Yes. - TreKing

Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-07 Thread Kristopher Micinski
This doesn't have anything to do with Android. If you want to authenticate the user before allowing them to download the file, then simply put the download link behind an authentication gateway. Kris On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Pankaj Deshpande pcdeshpande...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks

Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-07 Thread Pankaj Deshpande
Thanks Kris, this is what I want to clarify. I will use this scenario. Thanks to everyone. On Oct 8, 2013 1:19 AM, Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com wrote: This doesn't have anything to do with Android. If you want to authenticate the user before allowing them to download the file,

Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-06 Thread Steve Gabrilowitz
You may want to look at the capability of the play store to handle beta releases. You make a Google group or a Google+ community and only folks in that community or group can even see the play store listing if there is no APK uploaded to production. The play store will give you a link to post on

[android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-05 Thread Pankaj Deshpande
Hi, I want to put an application on my website that can be downloaded through android mobile only. I want to provide an url to download the app with some credentials and dont want to put the app on android market. This app will be for private circulation only. So I don't wish to upload it on