Yeah, I wasn't thinking of killing all the functionality (in the Pro) straight away - rather when, say, 95% of users had already installed the "Lite" version.
Anyway, it's all way too messy to seriously consider. Ideally, I would rather the Pro version becomes free (supporting in-app upgrades), and Lite users gradually move over to that. And that somehow, the licensing system can know which category the user falls into: 1. Paid for the app (i.e. got it *before* it became free) (LICENSED) 2. Did not pay for the app (i.e. got it *after* it became free), but purchased the in-app-upgrade (LICENSED) 3. Neither paid for the app nor purchased the in-app-upgrade (NOT_LICENSED) On 4 February 2011 15:17, String <sterling.ud...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Friday, February 4, 2011 1:03:26 AM UTC, Mark Carter wrote: > > I can't see a nice way to do it. The best way I can think of is to >> introduce in-app billing to the Lite version and convert the Pro version >> into some kind of "pro key" token app. The Lite version would check for >> existence of this "pro key" app (and validate) if the in-app-upgrade had not >> been purchased. >> >> Does that work? >> > > I'm not sure it does, actually. Consider your existing Pro users, most of > whom presumably don't have the Lite version installed. When you convert Pro > into (in your words) "just a marker app", all these users will lose the > functionality until they go download the app formerly know as Lite. They'll > also end up with both items in their app list unless you go through some > shenanigans with hiding the Pro token app; I say "shenanigans" because you > can't afford to hide it for users who *don't* have Lite installed. That's > a PITA, I know, I've done that kind of thing. And in any case, you're likely > to annoy and confuse a good percentage of your existing paid users. > > String > > -- > 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%2bunsubscr...@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
