I have just gone through exactly this, except my app is free. 1. I know a (pathetic) 6 people with Android phones. One couldn't see my app. We compared which apps he could see; he was missing about 10% including mine.
2. The user who couldn't see the app owns a Samsung Galaxy. There is a known issue that it will not accept copy protected free apps. 3. I removed copy protection from my app and updated the Release number. Everything worked exactly the same in the market, no problems. 4. My friend could still not see the app. But by the next day, downloads had increased ten fold. I did make a couple of other minor changes, and at that stage it had only been on the market for a week. I can't see how this is related to removing the copy protection, because both before and after I removed the copy protection 5 out the 6 users I know could download, most unlikely that suddenly 10 times as many people could download when it made no difference to thje 6 people I know. Neverthelessthe sudden jump did occur at exactly the same time, and has remained at that level. Whatever it was, I'm not complaining. 5. My friend still can't see it on his @#$%^ Samsung Galaxy. On Sep 1, 12:34 pm, Chris Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure how I'd test it. There's nothing I'm setting in my app > regarding copy protection, it's all market-based. Because I'm not able to > buy my own application, and then do the update, I'm not sure how I'd test > it. > > From what I could gather, it should only affect users running 1.5. They'd > need to uninstall and reinstall. Thankfully my 1.5 user base is extremely > low. I've gone ahead and made the change in the market and will keep an eye > out for when my next update hits. > > -- > Chris Stewarthttp://chriswstewart.com > > Fantasy > Football<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/>- > Android app for MFL fantasy football owners > Fantasy Football > Insider<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football-insider/>- > Android app for all fantasy football fanatics > Social Updater<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/social-updater/>- > An easy way to send your status blast to multiple social networks > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why don't you test it on your own device? That will certainly answer > > your question. I believe the answer is it won't be a problem but it > > could mean your users have to uninstall and reinstall, which means any > > data the app has collected on the device could be lost. > > > -John Coryat > > > -- > > 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%2bunsubs[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
