IIRC a Paid app can be converted to a Free app by simply changing the price to 0?
1. I'm looking for a way to convert my Pro app to support in-app purchases. In the long run I want to use the "free app with in-app upgrade" model and I don't want to leave my pro users behind (i.e. I'd rather drop the existing Lite app). 2. The *free app and paid app being completely independent entities* is another problem. Devs should be able to specify "This is the pro app of that lite app". Making this declaration opens up all sorts of possibilities. Sharing in-app purchases might be one. How the Market displays the two might be another. The Pro/Lite model is a hack devs have used for lack of a better alternative. For some, the in-app-upgrade model is a better alternative. For others, the Pro/Lite model is still the best because they want a build (Lite) which does not include pro-only code (and don't want to go down the messy route of downloading "pro" jars). Anyway, that second point is not as important as the first: i.e. how to achieve smooth transition from paid-app to free-app-with-in-app-upgrade? On 5 February 2011 11:12, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Mark Carter <mjc1...@googlemail.com>wrote: > >> Why is it not possible to access all licensing information (whether full >> app purchases, or in-app purchases) through a single API? >> This would make converting a Pro app to an Free-with-in-app-upgrade app >> relatively trivial. >> > > Well a free app and a paid app are completely different and independent > entities, so I imagine the basic problem is that they don't have any > association or any way to know about each other. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > 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 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
