Ian, this is not quite true. I am a developer with an app on the market, and I have an existing v1 API key. The problem is, because the debug certificate has a default expiry of 365 days, I can't use it any more (it expired in September). This will be the case for most developers, because it is the default setting.
I also didn't realise v1 was being deprecated. I would expect Google to have contacted me by email about this, as I registered for the API key, have an app on Google Play using maps, and was informed via email that Google Maps v2 for websites would be deprecated in favour of v3. I'm pretty shocked about the way this has been handled for Android, and hold Google to a higher standard. So to fix my small bug, I will be forced to upgrade to v2, which is only supported by Android 2.2 and above. 8% of my users are stuck on 1.6 because of fragmentation issues, and you can bet I will be getting some nasty reviews from them on Google Play if I stop supporting their devices. Is there any way to either extend my certificate or change my API key, or am I screwed? On Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:11:41 AM UTC+2, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote: > > In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without > informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users > into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several > years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who > obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly > instructed to do) should have been affected. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
