You mention the word "Demo", do you have a "Click here to pay" link?, if so that'll be the problem. Apps on Market have to have all their payments handled by the (currently non-existent) Market payment processing system.
Al. http://andappstore.com/ Nathan Freitas wrote: > I've got a full post up here about this (http://openideals.com/ > 2009/01/07/android-market-suspends-my-blog-app/) but I'll copy the > text in here for your convenience.... > > Earlier today, I was gleefully attempting to show a friend the > hilarious comment thread for the blog app I recently released for > Android. I pulled up the Market app on my T-Mobile G1 and searched for > “Nathan”, expecting to see “Nathan’s Blog App” in the results…. but, > it wasn’t there. Confusion set in for a bit, followed by disbelief > that the app had been removed from the store. > > This was confirmed when I received this “friendly” automated note > below from the Android Market support team: > > [email protected] > 6:24 PM (5 hours ago) > > This is a notification that the application Nathan’s Blog App Demo > (ID: -8575230491255129376) has been removed from Android Market due to > a violation of the Developer Content Policy. Please review the Content > Policies and Business and Program Policies before you create or upload > additional applications. > > For more information, or to contact us, please visit the Android > Market Help Center. > > Thanks, > The Android Market Team > > Now if you look through the policy links, and then read about what my > app does, you’ll see that, as far as I can tell, I am in no way > breaking the rules. > > Your application shouldn’t contain content that displays (via > text, images, video or other media) or links to: > > * illegal content > * invasions of personal privacy or violations of the right of > publicity > * content that interferes with the functioning of any services of > other parties > * promotions of hate or incitement of violence > * violations of intellectual property rights, including patent, > copyright (see DMCA policy), trademark, trade secret, or other > proprietary right of any party > * any material not suitable for persons under 18 > * pornography, obscenity, nudity or sexual activity > > Also, make sure your products don’t: > > * harm user devices or personal data. > * create unpredictable network usage that has an adverse impact on > a user’s service charges or a Authorized Carrier’s network. > * knowingly violate an Authorized Carrier’s terms of service for > allowed usage > > Now, I’ll admit my app is a bit pointless, some may mistake it as > shameless self-promotion, but in truth, it was meant as a proof of > concept for gluing together the awesome Phonegap SDK (a mobile web > appstack enabler) with Wordpress and a mobile-friendly template. This > allows my CMS-based website (be it blog or not) to have a “native” > presence on a device, one click launch capability AND allow for > integration with native services like GPS, media capture, > accelerometer and more. Pretty cool, eh? > > I guess apparently not. I ask you out there to tell me why *you* think > my app was removed. Perhaps I will hear back from Google… not sure. > Their “Contact Us” capability was pretty basic and I had to dig for > it… considering the notification email came from a “no-reply” address, > I am not very hopeful. I am going to post this blog link to the > appropriate developer lists, as well, and I look forward to gaining > some insight into what I may have done wrong, though I honestly > believe I am not at fault here. > > Regardless, isn’t Android supposed to the more “open” platform? I > thought app censorship was the domain of Apple?! Is there some sort of > review process that happens after an app is released? Why not do this > before the app even gets into the market… that way at least you know > where you stand before you tell the world the app is up. Maybe the > Apple way isn’t so bad after all… > > Anyhow, for one of the biggest cheerleaders of Android out there, this > is not a fun moment. > > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
