[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-12-12 Thread Michael A.
Definitely. The comments above are still relevant, though. On Dec 11, 11:25 am, Eyvind Almqvist eyv...@mobile-visuals.com wrote: I got a mail from Android market, where they wrote: We will be reducing the purchase refund window to 15 minutes. So I assume that 24 hour refund is no longer

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-12-11 Thread Eyvind Almqvist
I got a mail from Android market, where they wrote: We will be reducing the purchase refund window to 15 minutes. So I assume that 24 hour refund is no longer available? That makes it more important to have a trial version. On 23 Nov, 09:44, Eyvind Almqvist eyv...@mobile-visuals.com wrote:

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-23 Thread Eyvind Almqvist
Yes, I see now that they write Products that cannot be previewed by the buyer (such as applications): You authorize Google to give the buyer a full refund of the Product price if the buyer requests the refund within 48 hours after purchase. I have released a trial like I described on OVI and I

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-22 Thread PaulJ
On Nov 8, 4:01 pm, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.com wrote: I want to make a trial version, where the application functionality works a limited amount of times. The consumer will then be given the option to buy the complete version on Android market. How can I implement that? Depends of

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-21 Thread Michael A.
On Nov 20, 11:34 am, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.com wrote: Thanks for explaining, now I understand what you mean when you say that there is not much use to make a time limited trial. What do you mean with Android Market already implements a default time limited trial version of your

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-20 Thread MobileVisuals
Thanks for explaining, now I understand what you mean when you say that there is not much use to make a time limited trial. What do you mean with Android Market already implements a default time limited trial version of your app? Do you mean that everytime someone buys an app they can return it

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-19 Thread MobileVisuals
Or maybe it is better make the trial version with the License Verification Library (LVL)? An application can check the licensing status and then apply custom constraints that allow the user to run it unlicensed for a specific number of times, according to the information on :

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-18 Thread Michael A.
On Nov 17, 9:57 am, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.com wrote: I see, so do you know the best way to make a time limited trial? I assume that the License Verification Library (LVL) should not be used for this? I would not make a time-limited trial (that was kind of my point). With the way

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-17 Thread MobileVisuals
I see, so do you know the best way to make a time limited trial? I assume that the License Verification Library (LVL) should not be used for this? Our apps has sold best when there is no trial version available, so the consumer only has the option of buying the complete version. This approach has

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-16 Thread Nathan
I asked and the LVL was not intended for time limited trials. It was intended for how many change you give it to verify a license not for giving users the chance to evaluate an app. Here's the biggest problem: how are you going to distribute this app with these custom constraints? If it is

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-16 Thread MobileVisuals
I want to make a trial which can be started a limited number of times, it should not be time limited. But LVL is not intended for this type of trial version either? Using the LVL would also impose a requirement of network connectivity on the users whenever they want to run the apps,so I assume

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-16 Thread Bret Foreman
From a marketing perspective, the Android Market is really primitive. Most of the required features are such no-brainers that I can only conclude that there are some technical issues that make them hard to implement. I'm guessing the people who architected the Market were not marketeers and built

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-16 Thread Michael A.
I would be very wary of putting an app like that on the market, as you are liable to have your ratings hosed by angry users. The market is not kind on time-limited apps. Regards, Michael A. On Nov 16, 7:45 pm, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.com wrote: I want to make a trial which can be

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-08 Thread Pent
Why shouldn't this be possible in Android? Because there's no where to store installation count information on the device the user can't wipe and no reliable way to associate a given user / device to any information if you were to store it online. You'd think one integer per package of

[android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-08 Thread MobileVisuals
So you recommend a solution where I write info to the SDcard and then read it on the next start or reinstallation of the app? On 8 Nov, 16:57, Pent tas...@dinglisch.net wrote: Why shouldn't this be possible in Android? Because there's no where to store installation count information on the

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-08 Thread TreKing
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:13 AM, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.comwrote: So you recommend a solution where I write info to the SDcard and then read it on the next start or reinstallation of the app? Pretty much.

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to make a trial version which starts a limited amount of times?

2010-11-08 Thread Marcin Orlowski
On 8 November 2010 17:13, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.com wrote: So you recommend a solution where I write info to the SDcard and then read it on the next start or reinstallation of the app? Or, if you go INTERNET permission for any reason granted, validate device on your server somehow.