Also correct. You can even fire an Intent to open up Android Market and show
them the non-demo version of the application when they're ready to upgrade.

(This is the traditional model of distributing demo apps, and it works just
fine in most cases.)

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Google Developer Programs, Android
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Brian Conrad <[email protected]>wrote:

> I haven't read the document but from what's been said  the Market has a
> demo section and you could put a limited run demo version of the app there.
>  Then they could purchase version if they like the demo.  It might also work
> for those who want to sell of their own web site.
>
>
> Nathan 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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