I'm wondering if it would be better for all draft (never published) apps to follow the rules set up in the Dev Console (rather than just returning LICENSED)?
Because: 1. Its more intuitive to the dev (as can be seen from this thread) 2. It gives the dev more control - he can test an app fully (the different license scenarios) before publishing. At the moment, I regress the version code in my local project just so that I can test the different license scenarios. This is a hack IMHO :( So, testing the licensing aspect of an app would involve saving the app as draft and then setting the various licensing states in the dev console. At this point, the apk could also be manually distributed to beta testers. When all this has been completed, the app would be ready for publishing. On Aug 7, 1:26 am, Trevor Johns <tjo...@google.com> wrote: > If an app is not published AND not draft, then you'll get > ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. > > If an app is in draft (never published), then we send LICENSED for all > requests for that app. > > If an app is published (or has been published then unpublished), then > the response > is driven by the dev console settings for the developer/testers, and purely > by purchase history for everyone else. > > -- > Trevor Johns > Google Developer Programs, Androidhttp://developer.android.com > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Mark Carter <mjc1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > So to confirm. If an app is not published (nor draft) then the response is > > dictated by the user's (i.e. the user running the app, not the one who > > developed the app) setting in the Dev Console. If the user does not have a > > Dev account (like many beta testers) then the response will be like "Respond > > normally"? > > > If the app is published (or draft) then the response is driven primarily by > > the dev's console settings and secondarily by the Market license server > > (storing who has paid for what). > > > I think the first part could catch a lot of people out... > > > On 5 August 2010 11:03, Trevor Johns <tjo...@google.com> wrote: > > >> If the app isn't in Android Market, the license server will return > >> ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. LicenseValidator considers that to be a fatal > >> error due to programmer error, and should invoke the applicationError() > >> callback method. > > >> My understanding from the server team is that uploading a draft version is > >> supposed to be sufficient to avoid getting ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. (In > >> the > >> case of existing applications, you'll also need to increment your version > >> code.) > > >> The other way you'll avoid this is precisely as Mark mentioned. If we > >> don't find the application, we check to see if the current user has a > >> developer account, and will send a test response (if one is set) using the > >> user's RSA keypair. > > >> -- > >> Trevor Johns > > >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Kirky <rob.kirkbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Trevor, > > >>> Can you clarify what the licensing server returns if the App is not in > >>> the Android Market? In my experience (and it seems other people) it is > >>> returning LICENSED. This does not seem sensible to me. > > >>> Thanks > > >>> Rob > > >>> On Aug 4, 3:23 am, Trevor Johns <tjo...@google.com> wrote: > > >>> -- > >>> 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > >>> cr...@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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > >> cr...@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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@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
