this answered all my questions, "If an app is in draft (never published), then we send LICENSED for all requests for that app."
On Aug 7, 1:26 am, Trevor Johns <[email protected]> wrote: > If an app is not published AND not draft, then you'll get > ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. > > If an app is in draft (never published), then we send LICENSED for all > requests for that app. > > If an app is published (or has been published then unpublished), then > the response > is driven by the dev console settings for the developer/testers, and purely > by purchase history for everyone else. > > -- > Trevor Johns > Google Developer Programs, Androidhttp://developer.android.com > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > So to confirm. If an app is not published (nor draft) then the response is > > dictated by the user's (i.e. the user running the app, not the one who > > developed the app) setting in the Dev Console. If the user does not have a > > Dev account (like many beta testers) then the response will be like "Respond > > normally"? > > > If the app is published (or draft) then the response is driven primarily by > > the dev's console settings and secondarily by the Market license server > > (storing who has paid for what). > > > I think the first part could catch a lot of people out... > > > On 5 August 2010 11:03, Trevor Johns <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> If the app isn't in Android Market, the license server will return > >> ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. LicenseValidator considers that to be a fatal > >> error due to programmer error, and should invoke the applicationError() > >> callback method. > > >> My understanding from the server team is that uploading a draft version is > >> supposed to be sufficient to avoid getting ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. (In > >> the > >> case of existing applications, you'll also need to increment your version > >> code.) > > >> The other way you'll avoid this is precisely as Mark mentioned. If we > >> don't find the application, we check to see if the current user has a > >> developer account, and will send a test response (if one is set) using the > >> user's RSA keypair. > > >> -- > >> Trevor Johns > > >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Kirky <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Trevor, > > >>> Can you clarify what the licensing server returns if the App is not in > >>> the Android Market? In my experience (and it seems other people) it is > >>> returning LICENSED. This does not seem sensible to me. > > >>> Thanks > > >>> Rob > > >>> On Aug 4, 3:23 am, Trevor Johns <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> -- > >>> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >> -- > >> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- 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
