While considering different possible scenarios for app conflicts during ADC judging (i.e. someone installed the app from the market, got the latest update, and is now offered an older version for judging) I came up with an interesting posibility.
What happens if my app has "auto update" capabilities? There are several toolkits out there offering this feature. So when someone gets the app for judging, it will offer the user the possibility of getting the latest version. The only wording in the terms and conditions that seems to apply here is "9.a. There is no opportunity to improve or modify an application between the First and Second Rounds of Judging. "... but it seems to imply that you won't be able to submit a new version, and that they will distribute the original binary on both rounds. Could we get some clarification from Google as to what happens in this case? - Is it allowed for my app to update itself? - What happens when someone has installed my app from the market, has updated it, and then gets to judge it on the contest? - Will existing users of my app not be offered to judge it? And for those of you claiming it would be unfair to update my app in the middle of the contest, consider the case of an app that uses web views to offer content produced by a web server... that application can get "feature updates" at any time while still using the same binary. I know it's the nature of the technology (and I'm glad it is that way) but it does affect the "fairness" of judging. And yes, all these issues make it very tricky to create a fair and balanced judging process. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
