On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:17 PM, droid-stricken <[email protected]> wrote: > I have posted this question on StackOverFlow. So apologies for those > that find this redundant - but i could not get any ideas (yet) from > that forum.
Your question is not really a programming question, and so is not terribly suitable for StackOverflow. > I have half a dozen apps that i want to put on Google Market. I presume you mean the Android Market. > One of > them are ready and the other are in progress. All these apps are kinda > related - like a suite of apps, you could assume. So, i was wondering > if it would be better to have a separate app (in addition from the > half a dozen apps i wish to develop) and have it serve as a LIBRARY- > app where users can find, purchase and launch the half a dozen apps. At best, users may consider your "LIBRARY-app" to be pointless -- if so, they will give it appropriate comments and ratings, potentially harming your ranking for your other apps. At worst, you may be kicked out of the Android Market for violating the terms and conditions, if you were planning on selling these other apps by means other than the Android Market. > This is conceptually similar to the Google Books free app where the > app serves as a library and users can browse for other books from > within this app and purchase it. The Google Books free app provides a lot more value than this. For example, you can read books with it, which is fundamental to the entire Google Books experience. One could argue that "browse for other books from within this app and purchase it" is not even essential anymore, particularly now that you can search books via the Android Market. Your "LIBRARY-app" does not appear to provide anywhere near equivalent value, from the limited description that you have provided here. The one feature it provides is already provided by the Android Market. Now, if you want to have an activity in each app within the suite that provides links to the other apps' Market listings, that's a fine idea. But don't have a whole app whose sole purpose is to do that. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 4.0 Available! -- 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
