Biggest issues that I've seen for my own apps (and those other brave souls who use AAL) have been related to legitimate users that somehow can't validate their purchase. For example:
1. user buys app on marke using a 2.0-based phone. validation happens just fine. 2. user backs up app, flashes rom to as-of-yet unreleased 2.2, and restores app 3. Upon startup of the app on the newly-flashed phone, AAL properly detects the missing license. 4. AAL fails validation, since 2.2-based devices can't "see" paid apps on the market since Google hasn't registered that release in the market database. Other fringe scenarios similar to this. When I deployed AAL into my apps, I had a few loud complainers that has tapered off now and I don't really have any serious problems. I now get a lot of emails from people in countries that can't buy from Android market. Overall, AAL seems to be working quite well. Lately I've been wondering if there's a way that I can offer the user an "alternative" mechanism for purchasing the pirated app. For example, I upload to Android Market, pirates post on download boards, others download, and then when validation fails offer to let them buy from PayPal and license things that way. I don't think that would break any of the Android Market rules (since the pirated version isn't being "distributed" by the market -- it's being distributed by a pirate board), and it sure would open up distribution to markets that Google doesn't currently serve. Dave On Jun 17, 3:39 pm, String <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 17, 8:05 pm, keyeslabs <[email protected]> wrote: > > >AALhas now been open-sourced. Find details here: http://bit.ly/coz0yB. > > Cool. Thanks for sharing it. > > Are you still having good luck usingAALwith your own app(s)? Any > downsides you've found? > > String -- 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
