Well then you won't like the market. I am almost positive (having went through 3 phones) that the market is tied in someway to the handset not the google account. As a developer I echo the idea of the original poster. Since my upcoming app requires a unique ID to be able to play I would love to have a report of the unique purchasers.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:09 PM, RichardC <richard.crit...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > Hi, > > As I user as well as a developer I don't like the idea of linking apps > a particualar device. > > My understanding is that applicatons I download are linked to my > Google account so if I change my phone (upgrade or replacement) once I > log back into the market I can re-download my free and paid for > programs. > > I would be most upset to find that an application I had legally bought > would not install onto a replacement phone and required me to purchase > it again. > > Just my thoughts, regards > > -- > RichardC > > On Oct 26, 3:35 pm, knavewave <knavew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am preparing to deploy a service based (account info / functionality > > provided via my server) app via the standard android market / google > > checkout approach, and am curious to see if anyone has had success or > > can propose suggestions on how to associate market purchases with > > individual devices. > > > > The only definitive solution I can come up with is to integrate with > > checkout's order notification API, and have some sort of 'secret' sent > > back to the purchaser's email address. > > > > This, of course, is the sort of thing that is really annoying from the > > user's perspective. If there were some way to tie the purchase order > > with the account (ex: if market were to send the phones hardware id), > > all of this would be possible behind the scenes. > > > > Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. > > > > Also, for those who have sold apps in the market.... > > > > - Will we receive a 'new order notification' from checkout as soon as > > someone buys our app, or is it after the 24/48 hour period? Similarly, > > do we get the various state change events, if the user returns the > > app? > > - Do any of the checkout notification fields contain android specific > > notes / identifiers such that a market purchase can be identified from > > a non-market purchase? > > - Are there any fields that uniquely identify a device? > > > -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. http://www.fuligin.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
