I've got a full post up here about this (http://openideals.com/
2009/01/07/android-market-suspends-my-blog-app/) but I'll copy the
text in here for your convenience....
Earlier today, I was gleefully attempting to show a friend the
hilarious comment thread for the blog app I recently released for
Android. I pulled up the Market app on my T-Mobile G1 and searched for
“Nathan”, expecting to see “Nathan’s Blog App” in the results…. but,
it wasn’t there. Confusion set in for a bit, followed by disbelief
that the app had been removed from the store.
This was confirmed when I received this “friendly” automated note
below from the Android Market support team:
[email protected]
6:24 PM (5 hours ago)
This is a notification that the application Nathan’s Blog App Demo
(ID: -8575230491255129376) has been removed from Android Market due to
a violation of the Developer Content Policy. Please review the Content
Policies and Business and Program Policies before you create or upload
additional applications.
For more information, or to contact us, please visit the Android
Market Help Center.
Thanks,
The Android Market Team
Now if you look through the policy links, and then read about what my
app does, you’ll see that, as far as I can tell, I am in no way
breaking the rules.
Your application shouldn’t contain content that displays (via
text, images, video or other media) or links to:
* illegal content
* invasions of personal privacy or violations of the right of
publicity
* content that interferes with the functioning of any services of
other parties
* promotions of hate or incitement of violence
* violations of intellectual property rights, including patent,
copyright (see DMCA policy), trademark, trade secret, or other
proprietary right of any party
* any material not suitable for persons under 18
* pornography, obscenity, nudity or sexual activity
Also, make sure your products don’t:
* harm user devices or personal data.
* create unpredictable network usage that has an adverse impact on
a user’s service charges or a Authorized Carrier’s network.
* knowingly violate an Authorized Carrier’s terms of service for
allowed usage
Now, I’ll admit my app is a bit pointless, some may mistake it as
shameless self-promotion, but in truth, it was meant as a proof of
concept for gluing together the awesome Phonegap SDK (a mobile web
appstack enabler) with Wordpress and a mobile-friendly template. This
allows my CMS-based website (be it blog or not) to have a “native”
presence on a device, one click launch capability AND allow for
integration with native services like GPS, media capture,
accelerometer and more. Pretty cool, eh?
I guess apparently not. I ask you out there to tell me why *you* think
my app was removed. Perhaps I will hear back from Google… not sure.
Their “Contact Us” capability was pretty basic and I had to dig for
it… considering the notification email came from a “no-reply” address,
I am not very hopeful. I am going to post this blog link to the
appropriate developer lists, as well, and I look forward to gaining
some insight into what I may have done wrong, though I honestly
believe I am not at fault here.
Regardless, isn’t Android supposed to the more “open” platform? I
thought app censorship was the domain of Apple?! Is there some sort of
review process that happens after an app is released? Why not do this
before the app even gets into the market… that way at least you know
where you stand before you tell the world the app is up. Maybe the
Apple way isn’t so bad after all…
Anyhow, for one of the biggest cheerleaders of Android out there, this
is not a fun moment.
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