You will need to check with a lawyer, but if not offered to the public you can write your own distribution framework, or wait until they login, then call a web service for the protected info and store it in the DB. On Apr 11, 2012 1:32 PM, "Mike Adams" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm investigating how to distribute an app for my company. We don't want > general access to the app. It contains our pricing, kind of a calculator, > and we want authorized sales people to get it, more as a supplement to > their existing software to order, not as a replacement. Anyone can see our > price book but giving competitors access to a computerized version might > make it to easy for them to quote there orders on our software and figure > out how to undercut our prices. > > Initially it seemed we just wouldn't distribute on market and distribute > it ourselves, but some it seems might not have the ability to install non > market apps. > > Can we distribute a crippled app on market for free. It could have a few > things turned on that if any independent person downloaded it, there would > be things to do and play with, ( like pricing for a portion of the catalog) > but an industry insider would realize it was crippled. We are not trying > to make money on the app as much as support the sales team, so calling our > number to get a pass to unlock it would not involved us charging any money > and we would not be circumventing any policy of collecting payments only on > market. > > Would this be permissible? > > Mike > > -- > 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 -- 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
