Your statement is true for testing app licensing. When using a debugging APK with higher version number than the currently uploaded one the LVL still works for the debug version.
On Saturday, December 15, 2012 9:48:19 PM UTC-6, Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: > > I may be mistaken, but I think that with the first apk uploaded to test > with, you can then distribute updated debug copies outside of the Play > Store/developer console and the correct (or at least updated) behavior > will be exhibited in those debug copies. As far as I know, you only need > to have an initial apk in the developer console so you can create the > in-app items and debug prior to release. > > I *don't think* you have to continually upload the updated the apk as > you work on the app. > > I also think that if it bothers you to have the version code set at > something other than 1 when you're ready to release the app that you can > actually delete the app entry from the console, upload the final apk, > and recreate the items. I *don't think* you'd have to change the package > name for that to work properly. > > Everything I'm saying here (with the exception of this statement) should > be taken with a grain of salt; I haven't created an app using in-app > billing at this point. I could be completely wrong about these behaviors. > > Raymond > On 12/15/2012 7:19 PM, Keith Wiley wrote: > > Yeah, I know, but I still want to use the versionCode to label public > > releases, not just one-off momentary debug versions. I'm not even > > talking about officially versioned betas here, I'm just talking about > > pushing the code through a rapid build-test-debug-fix cycle. Every > > time I want to try another little thing on out in-app purchasing I > > have to delete the entire app profile and start over. > > > > On Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:24:43 PM UTC-8, mbanzon wrote: > > > > In your manifest you should have both android:versionCode and > > android:versionName attributes. The versionCode is the one you > > need to > > increment but the versionName is the one the user sees and that one > > can be whatever you like afaik. > > > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Keith Wiley <kbw...@gmail.com > > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I'm debugging in-app purchases. This requires me to create the > > app profile > > > on the console and upload the apk (but not necessarily publish > > it). With an > > > invited test gmail account, I can then test in-app purchases. > > The problem > > > is, there is no way to upload changes to the app if I have to > > fix something. > > > Say I upload an apk with version number 1. Google requires that > > I increase > > > the apk number with every upload, so I have to increase the > > number to 2 to > > > change the code, and version 3 to change it again. I may go > > through > > > numerous iterations of development getting the final code in > > place...but > > > none of these are actual new releases, the app isn't even > > published yet! I > > > want the first published version to be version 1, regardless of > > any initial > > > testing and there doesn't seem to be any way to do this. If I > > delete the > > > apk from the app description in the hopes of wiping out the > > version numbers > > > so I can upload an apk with version 1, the ENTIRE app profile is > > destroyed > > > and I have to create a new one from scratch, including the > required > > > screenshot uploads and other tedium unrelated to testing. This > > imposes a > > > tremendous burden on the debugging process. > > > > > > Is there any way to do what I am trying to accomplish here? I > > am at a loss. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Michael Banzon > > http://michaelbanzon.com/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > android-d...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
