No, it wasn't open source. As far as actually doing: it is very easily done from a technical perspective. Just copy an APK, package it with your own, and make your start activity call an activity from the APK. I'm trivializing a bit, but there is really not much more to it than that.
The wrapping code could do all sorts of things before calling through to my activity (in fact, this is how a lot of Trojans get out there), but at the surface, it seems they are only doing it to run a full screen ad before the app opens. On Monday, January 28, 2013 11:55:42 AM UTC-5, bob wrote: > > Was your app open source? I don't see how they could do this from a > technical perspective. > > > > On Monday, January 28, 2013 9:58:09 AM UTC-6, jeka wrote: >> >> Hello. There is a knockoff copy of my app on Google Play. It wraps my app >> with code that presents a full screen ad before launching the app. >> >> I complained to Google twice via their "report app" facility, but didn't >> get any response and the app is still there. Any ideas on who to talk to to >> get it removed from Google Play? >> >> Thank you. >> > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
