I don't *think* that's possible. Assuming the signature/package is tied to the market app, there is no way to convert a previously free app to a paid app. A brand new app must be installed instead, if I've understood thing so far. I think a new app must have a new package and an old app can't be changed from free to paid.
Can anyone clarify or straighten this out for us? On Mar 16, 4:26 pm, sm1 <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not 100% sure but if my understanding of how Android Market works > is correct, what you may want to do is keep the same package (aka. > signature) for your paid app as the package that you had before, with > the comments and ratings, and make a *new* package for the free app., > and the new free app will start at zero comments and zero ratings, but > you could write about that in it's description, i.e., "previous > version had a rating of x stars." > > and you could verify it by posting on this forum: > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market > > Let us know what you find. > cheers, > good luck with your app. > > On Mar 16, 11:02 am, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have had a free version of my app available for several months. > > With the new features I am about to release in the latest version, and > > with paid apps now possible, I intend to split the app into a free > > lite/trial version and a paid full version. I am aware that I must > > create a new app with a new signature for the full version b/c I can't > > change the current free app to a paid one. I don't mind this, but, is > > there any way I can transfer the thousands of feedback and ratings I > > have accumulated so far to the paid version even though it will have a > > totally new signature? > > > If there is no way to do this then, permit me to say, I am a little > > miffed. :-/ > > > ...but I'm holding out hope that I missed this somewhere, that's it's > > possible. Am I right? I'm sorry if I missed the explanation for how > > to do this. > > > Thank you very much. > > > Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
