Correct, you basically just need to request the proper auth tokens, then simulate the protocol being used the by Play store / web site.
Tim Strazzere On Friday, October 26, 2012 7:41:54 PM UTC-7, Kevin TeslaCoil Apps wrote: > > I would guess that they simulate a user clicking INSTALL from the web > based Play Store. I believe this would be technically doable if they either > had the user login or had the users Google password. Then the Play Store > takes care of pushing the app to the device and installing it in the > background. There would still be the notification icon showing it has been > installed and hopefully users are weary of typing their Google password > into apps. It's likely that such a setup would violate one or more Play > Store policies, but I do not know. I think App Brain did something along > these lines at some point? > > -Kevin > > On Friday, October 26, 2012 4:54:28 AM UTC-5, alex kyo wrote: >> >> Thanks, Mark >> >> One thing I can definitely confirm is that they are not >> device manufacturer. >> >> Suppose there is a google account(*ga*) which contains several apps. >> >> My guess is that they might register a stock device with the *ga* by >> AccountManager >> and then call the sync api (I don't know exactly what api will be here) >> >> Finally, after the device performed sync process, log >> out programmatically >> the apps will be remained and it looks like silent install. >> >> >> On Friday, October 26, 2012 4:00:24 PM UTC+9, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Kristopher Micinski >>> <krismi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Or their company is actually TMobile... >>> >>> Oh, true. A device manufacturer can do this stuff without a problem. I >>> was assuming that this was an SDK app, since this is a list for >>> developing SDK apps, but that may not have been a valid assumption. >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >>> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >>> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >>> >>> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.2 Available! >>> >> -- 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