Hi Dianne, Could you please confirm whether the update functionality for preload apps are available since 1.5 or 1.6? It makes a major difference to us...
Happy holidays! aika On Dec 18, 4:42 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I don't believe there is a way to do that. Market is not intended to > deliver applications tied to a particular device; it is for applications > that are developed for the regular platform. > > One possible trick you can use is to also require that the OEM include a > shared library of yours, if you put a <uses-library> for this in your app's > manifest, then (some day in the future) Market will only show the app for > devices that have this library. (Market doesn't do this right now, but > hopefully will soon.) > > Actually, if your app needs some functionality from the device that is not > part of the platform, the proper way to do this is to put it in a shared > library like this that the application uses (and the OEM implements). This > may just be what you want to do anyway. > > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:57 PM, John Seghers <[email protected]> wrote: > > One more question about this. > > > Our application is one that requires OEM integration to provide its > > full functionality and thus if someone downloaded it from the Market > > to a phone on which it is not normally pre-installed, it would not > > function properly for them. > > > Is there a way to place the update on the marketplace such that it > > will only be available to phones on which it was originally preloaded? > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
