On 30/06/12 11:22, Fred Niggle wrote:
as long as the .apk has the same name, i.e. com.my.app, then you wont lose
the preferences and database.
That's impossible, indeed. Two different applications may have different
package names. And the only way of having one per pay version and
another free,
If you use a SQLite3 db or so for preferences, you cannot access it from
different packages, but in some cases you can implement an export/import
mechanism, saving the preferences in a file into the external SD card.
My first app uses just a plain text file written into the SDCard and for
having
Hi,
I have a Ads supported app and I am planning to release a paid version
without Ads and extra features.
My questions are how do I release the app so my user can purchase and use
with losing the preferences and db?
Can I package it with the same name and upload into Google Play as new app
as long as the .apk has the same name, i.e. com.my.app, then you wont lose
the preferences and database.
If the.apk is different then you will need to consider how to export the
sharedprefs/db from the current version (an update), to the sdcard, and
have an import function in the newer version.
Hi Fred,
That is good to know.
So Google play don't care if 2 Apps has the same apk/com.my.app is that
right?
Thanks.
On Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:22:37 UTC+8, Fred Niggle wrote:
as long as the .apk has the same name, i.e. com.my.app, then you wont lose
the preferences and database.
If
Hello,
I have never tried to publish to identical .apk's, but I do not think
google play will not allow 2 identical app names.
If I am wrong then I hope someone else will step in and correct me.
On 30 June 2012 11:08, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Fred,
That is good to know.
So
Google Play will not allow you do upload two apps with the same package
name. Due to this, there are only a few ways you can share the content.
You can use Content Providers to serve it from the free app to the paid one.
You can save it on the SD Card and allow everyone to read it.
I *think*
Hello Raghav,
Thats a great tip about Content Providers!
Regards,
Fred
On 30 June 2012 16:15, Raghav Sood raghavs...@gmail.com wrote:
Google Play will not allow you do upload two apps with the same package
name. Due to this, there are only a few ways you can share the content.
You can use
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