The method used makes use of device specific encryption so you can't take an SD from one device, plug it into another, and use the apps installed on the first device.
If you don't explicitly state in your manifest you'll allow your app to be installed on an SD card it will only be installed on the devices internal memory. 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 12 Jul 2010, at 16:49, Tobias Eisentraeger wrote: > How does that affect the user being able to simply copy a paid app? > When It's not marked as copy protected, but still a paid app through the > Market, can the user install the moved app then on a different phone? Or is > it somehow tied to his user account? > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Right, but if you app is < 300K, as in my case, it's almost negligible and > > not worth the effort, IMO. If the user needs space, something that small > > probably won't be at the top of the uninstall list since it probably won't > > make room for much else anyway. > > > > My apps are < 200k but I had users demand they be installed on the SD > card. It may be a matter of perception rather than logic, as is the > case with most user interactions. The effort involved is negligible, > it's a simple matter of adding the statement to the manifest and > recompiling with level 8. Twenty seconds of effort. > > -John Coryat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
