My app has not been getting any hits since yesterday. It used to be
getting plenty of hits before that. I have not tested it on 1.6 yet
but i can only assumed it is because of it.
On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:59 PM, bellapariah <bellapar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What is Google just dropped the 25 lowest scores for every app? There
> would still be 75 reviews to give a relatively accurate average rating
> and it would be fair for all without giving benefits to select
> developers.
>
> On Oct 6, 6:49 pm, bellapariah <bellapar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thread for developers to discuss problems with 1.6 update and effects
>> on ADC2. If you see other forums or articles on the issue or if you
>> are one of the unlucky developers affected by the the untimely 1.6
>> update, please post is here!
>>
>> Releasing 1.6 in the middle of a contest is unacceptable. According
>> to
>> the official terms and conditions:
>>
>> "a. SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES: To qualify for a Prize, an "Entry" to the
>> Challenge consists of an original application that is written using a
>> version of the Android Software Development Kit ("SDK") (available
>> athttp://developer.android.com) that validly executes on Android
>> version
>> 1.5. The SDK contains instructions, documentation, and all necessary
>> tools to enable a Participant to build an Android application."
>>
>> Mine as well as many other ADC2 apps worked fine on 1.5 but started
>> "force closing" after the 1.6 update. Programmers were told to
>> develop
>> an application for 1.5, not 1.6, and were not given the tools or
>> opportunity to test our apps with 1.6. In my case, I have had 95
>> people test my app for Round 1 judging, but 27 of those were "force
>> closes" due to the 1.6 update. This is because of an issue with a
>> Google API that was updated with 1.6. Here are links to other people
>> experiencing issues with the new platform, and some are for things as
>> simple as rotating the phone, so it is not an isolated issue.
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/
>> 7...
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/
>> a...
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/
>> 5...
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/
>> threa...
>>
>> http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?
>> tid=5d754...
>>
>> http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/did-google-fumble-the-
>> android-1-...
>>
>> http://polyclefsoftware.blogspot.com/
>>
>> One suggestion would be to remove the last 25% of reviews of every
>> app
>> in the contest (the ones most likely to have been affected by 1.6
>> upgrades) to reduce the negative effects of the 1.6 release.
>>
>> Shelby
> >
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