On 7/27/2010 2:28 PM, Mark Carter wrote:
I found this line confusing:
"Adding licensing to an application does not affect the way the
application functions when run on a device that does not offer Android
Market."
I assume they don't mean that licensing checks are bypassed if there
is no Android Market (!) since this is down to the app's licensing
implementation...
I'm not really the person to ask, but it makes some sense. Basically,
the whole thing is built around communication with and through the
Android Market app. If the app isn't there, then the licensing doesn't
work. I imagine, that the library will tell the application that the
license checking failed and that the app isn't authorized to run on the
device. However, theoretically, it's also possible then to build an app
that will run on devices that don't have Android Market, and yet take
advantage of the licensing if the device does. Take the Barnes and Noble
Nook for example. I don't know if it has Android Market on it, but the
device version should be able to run on all Nooks. If it were a paid app
in the Market, not free like it currently is, they could then license it
so that people can't get it for free through piracy.
Of course, this is just a guess and some rationalization has taken
place... :-)
Raymond
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