Hi Blake Did you ever find a recommended strategy for this ? I am facing the very same issues, but don't like the option of the intermediate step ?
Regards Don On Feb 16, 4:21 pm, "Blake B." <bbuckle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm not worried about the code migration - that's only a half-hour > work (max) with eclipse & Subversion. > > I'm concerned about the user experience in transitioning their data to > the new paid version. The user has data in user preferences and a > sqlLite database that they will expect to be able to continue to have > (as they have had in each freeupgrade). Both of these data are > private to the app belonging to the oldpackageand cannot be accessed > by my new app (in the newpackage). Is there a way around this that I > am not aware of? > > Right now it seems users will have to go through an intermediate step > of downloading a new version of the free app that will be able to > export data to a public location on their SD Card that new new paid > version can then find an import. Ick. > > On Feb 16, 9:08 am, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > > You may need to refactor your code tochangethepackagename to > > something line com.blah.nonfree.App and rebuild your apk. > > > It would seem to offer the quickest solution. > > > Al. > > > Blake B. wrote: > > > Your interpretation would make more sense, but that doesn't seem to be > > > the way it's being done. > > > > I don't have the option on my current app tochangefrom free. When I > > > unpublish it and attempt to "Upload an application", I have the option > > > to set a price, but the publish site won't allow me to upload my .apk > > > because it sees that that applicationpackagehas already been > > > published, and asks that I "upgrade" that app. > > > > Am I the only one that this was a suprise to? I am really not looking > > > forward to the annoyed user comments & emails. I had planned for a > > > much easier transition. What are others doing to migrate data between > > > free & paid versions of an app? > > > > On Feb 16, 8:39 am, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > > >> Developers could always add a couple of features and charge for the > > >> feature added version. > > > >> Al. > > > >> Blake B. wrote: > > > >>> Ok, maybe I missed this along the way (or heard comments of this and > > >>> couldn't believe it to be true), but this statement seems clear in the > > >>> "Setting the price of applications" section: > > > >>> "If you have previously published an application for free, you cannot > > >>>changeit to have a price." > > > >>> This seems to mean that any app that has been in the Market up to this > > >>> point that plans on charging a price now will have to re-package > > >>> itself as a new application. If the app contains a database or other > > >>> private data not accessible to other apps, I suppose that means we > > >>> will have to release ANOTHER version of the FREE app that includes > > >>> some kind of support for exporting data, then have the user download/ > > >>> install this version and run it IN ADDITION TO the new paid version if > > >>> they want to migrate their data to the new paid version? This seems > > >>> like a major headache for users and developers alike. > > > >>> Am I reading this correctly? > > > >>> On Feb 16, 2:57 am, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > > >>>>http://market.android.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=15867 > > > >>>> Highlights; > > > >>>> - All fee information is shown in USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, and CAD so I > > >>>> think > > >>>> that tells us who is going to be able to sell apps in the coming > > >>>> months. > > >>>> - Allowable price ranges are $0.99 to $200 (YES $200 - Sheesh) or 0.50 > > >>>> GBP to 100 GBP. > > >>>> - Chargebacks for less than $10 USD will be automatically charged back. > > >>>> - A $3 USD fee may be added to chargebacks on top of the refund. > > >>>> - The 24 hour refund period starts when the user has *downloaded* the > > >>>> app, not when they purchase it. > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> ====== > > >>>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > >>>> company number 6741909. 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