Google removing public interfaces without notice or a period of deprecation
means that you can't trust any of Android Market's "public"  interfaces. You
should consider them all private.

2010/6/4 Tomáš Hubálek <[email protected]>

> I have the same issue and this caused problem to my two apps.
>
> IMHO using package prefix is much more systematic than publisher name.
> I can't change package name but I can change Publisher name (what I
> did in the past at least two times and in case that I will go pro
> (from single developer to company) I have to update all my apps again.
>
> This incompatibility again confirms that Android Market is one of the
> worst working parts of Android Ecosystem.
>
> Tom
>
> On 17 kvě, 09:17, westmeadboy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yeah, it definitely used to work. All my apps use it as a way to
> > display my other apps. I've been using this technique for over half a
> > year now.
> >
> > The problem with the publisher name, is it can change. I know I have
> > control over that but sometimes it is important when rebranding.
> > Furthermore, the searches are case-sensitive, and I'm still undecided
> > about whether to use the publisher name mycompany or MyCompany, so
> > that may change...
> >
> > Also, someone else might use your publisher name???
> >
> > Package name prefix is safer (although I suppose someone else could
> > use the same prefix - its just less likely).
> >
> > On May 17, 9:11 am, String <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I can confirm that the search syntax you give doesn't currently work.
> > > I can't confirm whether or not it used to, although the documentation
> > > athttp://
> developer.android.com/guide/publishing/publishing.html#marketi...
> > > says that it should work.
> >
> > > As an alternative, you could use a URL like market://search?q=pub:"Your
> > > Publisher Name", which should find all of your apps.
> >
> > > String
> >
> > > On May 16, 8:55 pm, westmeadboy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Until a few days ago this URL worked:
> >
> > > > market://search?q=com.mycompany.
> >
> > > > and it would find all apps like com.mycompany.myfirstapp,
> > > > com.mycompany.mysecondapp etc
> >
> > > > But now it returns no matches.
> >
> > > > This is kind of annoying since I use this strategy to show all my
> apps
> > > > from each app's About screen.
> >
> > > > Anyone else confirm this?
> >
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