Hi fellow developers, Recently there is a new option "Copy Protection" in Android Market Developer Console. We thought that was a nice protection on us and turned it on. Then here comes the impact: our app was no longer listed & downloadable on ADP, and *MUCH WORSE*, those who can download have experienced severe force closes when the app starts! We have confirmed this by just downloading&running the app before and after that option is turned on.
I have no idea what mechanism Google uses to implement that option, but it seems they are changing the apk -- the application size is larger when the option is on. Seen from the exception trace, it seems it's related to an issue that I reported before: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/785b04063a7bbd32 It seems the resource is screwed up. Basically findViewById returns a wrong thing, and in turn you get either NullPointerException or ClassCastException. We are still not able to use an ant script to automate the build&sign process, which triggers the bug and gives you a corrupted apk. However, exporting an unsigned apk using Eclipse and signing it manually works with no problem. What a bug,... we have lost 5000+ users due to this. Google should have tested more carefully it before making it available. Hope this is helpful --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
