The issue (1) with turning copy protection on (or off) was in Android 1.0/1.1, and there's been no fix for it made on top of those versions. I believe that it is fixed in 1.5, which means that you might be OK if you deliver a copy-protected version with minSdkVersion=3 - I'm not sure, though.
JBQ On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Jay-andro <jayan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. When the "copy protection" checkbox was first introduced on Android > Market, I heard about a lot of issues with people not being able to > download etc. Have those issues been resolved now? If I turn on copy- > protection on an app with over 10K active users, do I risk a major > rebellion? > > 2. I'd like to sell my app on other stores like slideme, andappstore > and handango. Since some of these just redirect the user to your own > site to download the app, there needs to be a license key that > authenticates the user and unlocks his app. I saw that andappstore has > a framework for that (not sure if that will only work with them or is > a generic solution). I'm looking for a free, generic licensing > solution. Is there one that you know of or use? My concern is to not > throw in a wrench in the process of user download and use of the app, > where I start getting a ton of emails from people whose keys arent > working or asking for new keys etc, where license support turns into a > full-time activity. > > Any thoughts, experience or pointers on this, specific to Android > apps, would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Jay > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
