> > An In-app purchase would be a more efficient way. That allows you to have > one APK. > Yes it would... but it also comes with the huge risk of patent lawsuits... As a lone developer, I'm not willing to take that risk, especially since Google isn't really doing much to protect their developers. Just google "lodys android" and you will find all sorts of articles about it...
Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > An In-app purchase would be a more efficient way. That allows you to have > one APK. > > Details at > http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html > > Al. > -- > Al Sutton - Funky Android Ltd. > (www.funkyandroid.com) > > T: @alsutton > G+: http://goo.gl/ymi9b > > 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 16 Apr 2012, at 23:22, Justin Anderson wrote: > > Does Google Play support this kind of model? If so, how? >> > There are several ways to do this. Google Play supports an in-app > purchasing model that might be beneficial to you. There are some issues > with that though, in regards to patent trolls (Lodsys). > > If you don't want to do in-app purchasing, you essentially have two > options: > > 1. Provide two completely separate APK's with different packages... > one would be the free limited version and the other would be the paid > version. > 2. You could provide a free app (that includes all the code for the > paid version) and an unlocker app that unlocks paid functionality in the > free app. > > > There is another discussion on this list that discusses all of these > options and their pros/cons... > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!search/Demo$2FFull/android-developers/hjnzHJvLCwc/frTYjEihmfoJ > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:13 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I will soon be uploading my first app to Google Play. I was thinking >> that I would offer a lite version of the app with limited capabilities >> that people could try for free. If they like it, they could buy the >> full version of the app. Does Google Play support this kind of >> model? If so, how? >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
