So can you download a "pack" to the SD card from a server.. and your app can then look on the SD card for packs and load them up dynamically? Your app would provide an interface, the packs would implement it, you could dynamically instantiate them like plugins, based on that interface implementation? Is that not possible?
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > I've wondered about this because of a variation on number 1. An > application, App1, can become quite different application based on > whether it has Content Bundle A,B,C even though the code, at least > most of it, is the same. > > Would the Market allow either: > 1. Application add-ons, that install into an existing applications > data directory. Ie South Pacific Reptile addon pack for Base > Application. (not actual names, but you get the idea). > 2. Bundles of the same application with different content ie Base > Application with South Pacific Reptile Content bundle. > > So far, I think the answer to number 1 is no. > I also think the answer to number 2 is no based on the fact that an > application is tied to a package name, so different applications > require different code and would not differ by content. > > It is possible to do this within the application by using a backend > server and configuring the application upon first time use. > > It really comes down to marketing. "Base Application" may not have the > same marketing appeal as "Base Application with South Pacific Reptile > Content Bundle". A Once they installed the application, it would be > easier to educate them, but they may not try it in the first place if > they don't know if their content is available. > > So far, though, I think neither 1 nor 2 will work, so I'll have to > think of this differently. > > Nathan > > > -- > 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 >
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