I would be extremely surprised if they do anything other than send the market URL. To do otherwise would be more work, and a worse user experience.
My own app, in an upcoming version, will send a link to itself. It was trivial to implement, and I think it's a great marketing tool. I think we'd all like every likely customer to get a market link to our paid (and free) app. I don't have two phones to bump together. Could someone try it out and confirm? On Jun 30, 8:43 am, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think any Bump (or any app) can do that on a non-rooted phone. > However, Bump may just send the "market:" url to the receiver, not the > actual app itself. > > On Jun 29, 8:16 pm, jsdf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It looks like you can send an app with the new version of Bump. > > This seems to include paid apps. > > Which completely circumvents the Android Market, of course. > > > 1.) How is this possible? I thought access to apps themselves was off > > limits to API developers. > > 2.) If this is the case, why is Google not remote uninstalling Bump, > > and instead promoting it in the Android Market? > > > (I haven't tried actually sending the paid app, so maybe it fails at > > that point - can anyone confirm? I hope to be proven wrong here) > > (I saw this using a Nexus One) > > > jsdf -- 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
