@rojorshi: here's the link you were looking for I think. Seems you should be fine for free apps. Just search for the word 'free' in this link: http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/licensing.html It looks like you won't be able to upload a free version with the LVL permission in it... if your app is already available as free.
But it also says it returns LICENSED for free apps in table A-2. So what situation would this be then? On Feb 3, 6:01 am, rajorshi <groups.rajor...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had developed a game intending to publish it as a paid application > using the Android LVL with the default ServerManagedPolicy licensing > policy. Now, the powers that be have decided that we have to publish > it as a free app. For some reason I do not want to remove/disable the > license checks. My question is: how does the licensing service handle > free apps? Will checks always fail or always pass? Is there any way I > can make the license service accept any installation of my free app as > licensed? > > I found the following on free apps in the official documentation, but, > it doesn't help me much. > > "Only paid applications published through Market can use the service. > [...] Licensing is currently for paid apps only, since free apps are > considered licensed for all users." > > I would have assumed that checks will fail, but, I remember reading > somewhere that for free apps the licensing server will return a very > large validity timestamp (long.MAX) ensuring that the license is > always valid for free apps. Unfortunately, I have lost the link to > that source. > > Note: > 1. The problem is not as crazy as it sounds. It's just that I am not > able to explain my use case further without giving away some > proprietary information. > 2. I had posted the same question on StackOverflow but did not get any > response. Hence, posting it here. -- 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
