Amazon's pretty much screwing the pooch on this whole store thing anyway, taking next to forever for it to actually appear in real form...so far just been a huge waste of my time..
-nik On Jan 15, 3:08 am, blindfold <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed that can work for some, at the expense of a bloated APK (ZXing > is about twice as large as my app, so it would likely triple my APK > size), and at the expense of updates to ZXing not automatically > becoming available to your users until you release your own update > that bundles an updated ZXing, or unless you add additional checks to > see if ZXing is already installed and use that external one instead of > your baked-in copy of ZXing. > > For me this approach would not work anyway, because apart from ZXing > my app also launches Google Goggles and if not installed searches for > it on Android Market, while I am working on third-party product > referrals via Android Market. Again I have no idea if those third- > party products will ever land in theAmazonAppstore. > > In relation to some discussion notes by others: I welcome alternatives > for Android Market, and I distribute my app also via for instance > Phoload, AndAppStore and Getjar, as well as via my own website, but in > all those cases I need not change a bit to my APK and can rely on > Android Market for extending basic functionality of my app.Amazon > Appstore sets a precedent, and leaves the whole burden of sorting out > how to best deal with it to the developer. > > Thanks > > On Jan 15, 4:14 am, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > @blindfold I have an experimental app that does the same thing. Luck > > for us, the Xzing code can be pulled down an added to your local app. > > However this is apparently a drawback to multiple app stores! > > > - Brill Pappin > > > On Jan 14, 4:26 pm, blindfold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My app got rejected byAmazonAppstore today because it searches for a > > > third-party app (the well-known free ZXing barcode reader) on Android -- 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
