That's sounds like a good idea, Tim

But I've retrieved the install URL with tokens, but it didn't work, is that 
right?


On Sunday, October 28, 2012 6:28:24 AM UTC+9, strazzere wrote:
>
> 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! 
>>>>
>>>

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