That would mean the 3rd party system would need to run a service on the device which tends to be unpopular with users and isn't reliable unless the application embeds the service code.
I know from experience many users buy apps through AndAppStore, install the client, download the app, then uninstall the AndAppStore client to free up space on their device, so putting the service in the client isn't an option. 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 28 Jul 2010, at 08:42, Mark Carter wrote: > In ILicensingService: > > private static final java.lang.String DESCRIPTOR = > "com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService"; > > So, if a 3rd party market app implements its own licensing service it could > simply ask apps to use the same LVL code and just change the above line. > > Would that work? If so, would be great if that was a configurable part of the > LVL. > > On 28 July 2010 09:30, Mark Carter <mjc1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I'm sure (hope?) that must be in the Android team's long term plans. Not only > in terms of paid/free licensing but also add-ons (e.g. in-app purchasing). > > > On 28 July 2010 09:12, William Ferguson <william.ferguson...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that's an excellent suggestion Mark. > > I think it would be a good idea to allow for separate licnensing of > different version of an app. > Ie have a single app that can be licensed as 'freeware' 'fully-paid' > etc and let the app change its behaviour based on the license that is > returned. > > At the moment this is achieved by having multiple applications which > splits the comments and populates the appstore space with duplicates. > > Just a thought. > > All in all I think the Licensing Service is a good thing. > > > On Jul 28, 3:58 pm, Mark Carter <mjc1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Instead of just having the Test Accounts section, it would be much better to > > be able to specify responses for *individual* gmail accounts. > > > > This could then be used as a way to gift a paid app to a user (such as a > > major beta tester). Also, when testing, you probably want to have this finer > > grain of control anyway. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
