I have been seeing a remarkable increase in my apps being pirated. Not only are they 2 versions old, the name doesn't show up in Checkout, but getInstallerPackageName returns null where applicable. These people actually either have the wickedness, or the no brains, to send me a voluntary device report with this information. 75% of these reports sent yesterday were from pirated versions.
So I'm tempted to simply check for getInstallerPackageName() to return a valid package name and if not then disallow the use of the app. Isn't it safe to assume that the ONLY method of install should be from the market? And that that method should always be available to someone who has purchased my app - from the Market? My concerns are that, since I'm resorting to this I'll start seeing legitimate purchase complaints somehow, and all of a sudden I get a flood of credit card charebacks. Sorry, kind of frustrated right now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
