Correct. This is something we're investigating as a potential future feature for the Android Market client. However, at this time there's no way to legitimately obtain an APK for a paid app from Android Market without paying for it.
-- Trevor Johns On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > That's good to know. > > The documents mentioned that you can set policy for number of uses or > length of trial for people who don't have a license. > > At first glance, this may look like you can use this policy to have a > trial version of your application. But since this only works in paid > apps, no one would be able to legitimately download your app without > paying anyway. > > So, if you are setting some policy with trial uses of your app, it is > only applicable to those who have a pirated copy of your app. > Correct? > > It doesn't seem like this could be used to publish a "Paid app, free > trial available". > > Nathan > > > > On Jul 27, 10:56 am, Trevor Johns <[email protected]> wrote: > > Android fans, > > For those of you who haven't already heard through our blog, we've > > just launched the Android Market licensing service: > > > > http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/licensing-service-for-... > > > > From the above blog post: > > > > "This simple and free service provides a secure mechanism to manage > > access to all Android Market paid applications targeting Android 1.5 > > or higher. At run time, with the inclusion of a set of libraries > > provided by us, your application can query the Android Market > > licensing server to determine the license status of your users. It > > returns information on whether your users are authorized to use the > > app based on stored sales records." > > > > Developer documentation is available here: > > > > http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/licensing.html > > > > Happy coding! > > > > -- > > Trevor Johns > > Google Developer Programs, Androidhttp://developer.android.com > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[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.
