Does any-one has a solution to this? I would really need this to work! Isn't there any way to check the license of one package from another package?
On Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:47:16 AM UTC+1, 3c wrote: > > Hello, I was really wondering the same thing (for a different purpose), > however no-one clearly answered your original question here, so I've > actually tested it directly. > > First thing, I had to modify the LVL library to take a package name and > version code as parameter instead of using the current app's information > automatically. > > Without the other paid app installed, I received > a ERROR_INVALID_PACKAGE_NAME. > > Once the other paid app was installed, I unfortunately received > a ERROR_NON_MATCHING_UID. > > As I couldn't find any UID information in the LVL library, the answer is > now pretty clear: it's not possible. > > > On Thursday, January 6, 2011 1:27:25 AM UTC+1, andfan22 wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> Just wondering if I can use LVL to check that the user is licensed to >> use a DIFFERENT app from the current one -- ie. one with a different >> package name. >> >> Why would I want to do this? I'm developing an app which I'm >> considering publishing using a free + pro license model. The main app >> would be a free, ad supported app. To turn off ads the user would >> purchase a pro license key from the market (published as a paid app >> containing no functionality). The user would continune to use the app >> that was downloaded for free, which checks if the paid app is >> installed, and if so it disables ads. I prefer this model to a fully >> featured paid app model, as it eliminates the need to migrate data >> from the free version to the paid when the user upgrades. >> >> Under this model I would like the free app to check if the paid app is >> installed, and if so the free app would then use LVL to check if the >> user has purchased the paid app via the market. Will it be possible >> for the free app to pass the package name of the paid app to LVL, and >> to get back a result confirming whether the paid app has been >> purchased or not? >> >> Looking at the LVL source code I suspect I can do this by modifying >> the constructor of LicenseChecker to set mPAckageName to a supplied >> argument rather than setting it to mContext.getPackageName(). >> >> Are there any gotcha's I may be missing? >> >> Thanks ... >> > -- 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
