Thanks for the input. Your solution would be nice IF Google would implement it. They could also implement an in-app purchase mechanism like Apple's, which works quite well. However, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for either of those to happen.
As for having a content provider keep track, there is no way to match purchases from the Market to user's devices. That means that the user would have to run the add-on app so that it could communicate with the server. This has the same problem that I am facing now, but also adds the requirement that the user have internet connectivity to run his app. On Jan 8, 1:29 am, Brill Pappin <br...@pappin.ca> wrote: > First, let me point you at this > RFE:http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?fid=2d690... > > I've noticed the LVL library has (and talks about) using a double > license check. > You could actually use this kind of pattern to add license levels to > your app in the way your talking about doing. The consumers act of > buying and installing would flag a feature in your db. > > I've also been considering another approach where your main app would > look up features in a content provider. This has the advantage that if > the enabling app was uninstalled, you would no longer be able to > access the new features. Also, your users would not get duplicate > icons in their launcher if you don't provide a main activity. > > - Brill Pappin > > On Jan 7, 1:55 pm, John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> wrote: > > > I have a game for which I would like to be able to sell add-on packs. > > I would prefer that there was some in-game way to make these > > purchases, but, alas, there does not appear to be any such mechanism. > > I am considering the idea of creating separate add-on apps which, when > > run, would add features to the game. I believe that I have seen this > > done by others. My question is, how do people deal with the refund > > process. I mean, the user will be able to purchase the add-on, run > > it, and then request a refund, which would result in them getting it > > for free. Has anyone else had experience with this model? > > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
