At AndAppStore You can mark a release as being Alpha, Beta, or Release Candidate quality and it'll get listed in the Pre-release section. That way you can do some ramp up publicity pointing at the download as opposed to risking getting bug reports in your comments if people think its' a full release.
Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On Oct 16, 12:46 am, Andrei <[email protected]> wrote: > Publish it as beta, tell people email you any bugs, if you see > problems you can Unpublish app > and fix bugs, publish newer version > > On Oct 15, 3:57 pm, Smelly Eddie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > SO i have an application that is doing pretty well on my dev. device, > > and it is almost ready for prime time. > > > Trouble is I am only one man, so I would like to release the > > application under a beta release to work out any prominent bugs with a > > more strenuous workout. > > > So I was thinking; > > > * Just release the app through the Market and note in the description > > and title that the app is in beta mode, and to use at own risk > > > * Round up a group of friendly strangers with android devices and > > share a signed (short lifespan) package directly with them. > > > * push and pray - just release the app and hope the community will > > overlook a few undocumented features (I would like to avoid this!) > > > Has anyone else taken a phased approach to releases? Any advice for a > > first time publisher? > > > P.S. - My app will be free, and likely released as open source of > > flavor, so I am not worried about losing profits. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
