Now thinking about it, they hacked the paid app version which is without ads. Would Proguard obfuscation work in this case at all, if the guy unpacked the apk and replaced string.xml.
On Sep 2, 3:22 pm, DraganA <[email protected]> wrote: > It is exactly as you describe. I've just found the app, the russian > version, on one internet forum. I didn't bother with Proguard as the > app is free on the market anyway, albeight with some Admob ads. > > On Sep 2, 2:12 pm, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My guess, based on what we have seen in the past: Somebody stripped > > your apk and extracted your original resource file(s), translated to > > Russian, then re-packaged and released. > > Did you leave your contact inside the app? (I suspect yes) > > Do you use source code obfuscation (e.g. Proguard)? (I suspect no) > > > On Sep 2, 1:24 am, DraganA <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I got an email from a user of my app, complaining about labels being > > > to long to fit in some windows. I was surprised seeing the screen > > > shots of my app, all in Russian, knowing that I never translated my > > > app to Russian. > > > The only thing that I could think of apart from piracy, was that maybe > > > some Android firmware does automatic text label translation. Is this > > > posible? -- 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
