Necessary for final deployment. The sample program can be used for testing by developers without uploading to the market.
On Aug 3, 7:23 pm, Trevor Johns <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it's necessary. We need the application to be listed in Android Market > so that we can actually check and see if you've purchased it. (We send the > package name and version code of the application to the licensing server -- > if your app isn't published, we won't find a match for the package name.) > > Also, your developer account will always return a test response or > NOT_LICSENSED (since you can't purchase your own app), so you'll need to > test with a temporary account if you want to test the behavior an end user > will see. > > -- > Trevor Johns > Google Developer Programs, Androidhttp://developer.android.com > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM, OldSkoolMark <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm seeing the same behavior using the sample activity, using the > > gmail account that is associated with my developer account. The one > > thing I haven't done is upload the sample activity APK to the Market. > > Is that necessary? > > > On Aug 2, 12:45 pm, Trevor Johns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's a little hard to figure out what the initial report is describing > > here, > > > but I suspect it's this: > > > > The test response settings in the Market publisher console only affect > > users > > > who are (a) the developer who owns the publisher account, or (b) listed > > as > > > test accounts. > > > > Normal users are unaffected by the "test response" setting. This is so > > that > > > you can test your account without disturbing users who have already > > > purchased your application. > > > > So, if your "dummy" account purchased the application, they should always > > be > > > getting LICENSED -- because they purchased the application. (Likewise, if > > > you sideload an application onto phone that's using a dummy account that > > > hasn't ever purchased the application, they'll get NOT_LICENSED.) > > > > There's also one exception to this: free apps. While we won't allow > > > uploading a free APK that uses the CHECK_LICENSE permission to the Market > > > publisher console, *requests* for these applications currently will > > always > > > return LICENSED. However, since (again) you can't upload these APKs, this > > > isn't something that should happen often. > > > > -- > > > Trevor Johns > > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:30 AM, ojpdev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm getting the same problem. It works on two phones (Nexus One and > > > > HTC Hero). Fails on a HTC Legend. Not sure whether that's important or > > > > not! > > > > > I don't understand how it can say it's licensed. > > > > > On Aug 1, 11:46 am, sblantipodi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I opened a similar thread recently but I doesn't let me enter any new > > > > > post on it so I opened a new one. > > > > > > I'm having problem with LVL, I'm using the MainActivity.java > > > > > from the LVL sample. > > > > > > When I call the check() method from LVL it always returns LICENSED. > > > > > The strange things is that with my developer account it works well, I > > > > > got licensed, unlicensed etc > > > > > on the base of what I set on the developer console. > > > > > With dummy email settings I got always LICENSED. > > > > > > It's strange, It always return LICENSED also if I log into different > > > > > GMAIL account > > > > > into the "account and sync" in the emulator. > > > > > - I deleted AVD, > > > > > - recreated a new one, > > > > > - logged into the emulator with a gmail account with no rights, > > > > > - setted NOT LICENSED form my developer console, > > > > > - installed the software on the new avd. > > > > > > In this way, If I login the emulator with the developer account it > > > > > works well, > > > > > if I login with an anonimous email address it always return LICENSED. > > > > > > Is this a bug? 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