Thanks. I think i have to live with what the current name is then. :( On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:01 AM, James Black <[email protected]> wrote: > If the application is free this is a good choice, but if it is something > that people paid for, then forcing them to pay again just because you change > the package name would be really annoying, so for a paid version supporting > both may be better. > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Ricardo Amaral <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> No, Market doesn't allow that. Here's what you could do instead: >> >> Publish your app under the new company/package name and wait for it to be >> live. Once that's done, publish an update to your older app. That update >> should simply change the app into redirecting users to the new app on the >> Market and politely apologize for the inconvenience and ask them to remove >> the old app after installing the new one. You could also detect the old app >> when running the new one and, if found, suggest the user to uninstall it. >> >> You need to be careful though with the user data though. You should >> provide means for them to migrate that data from the old app to the new one >> BEFORE UNINSTALLING IT or they'll lose everything. Maybe an export/import >> procedure will do the job. If you do it right, it only takes a few seconds >> for them to export all the data from the old app and import it into the new >> one. >> >> -- >> 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 > > > > > -- > "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not > sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." > - Robert McCloskey > > -- > 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
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