I've seen other apps do this before, so I don't think it would be a problem... but if someone searches for your app by name that could be a problem. If this is a paid app, the following won't be all that useful, but if not you could possibly leave a tombstone that points to your new app temporarily; in effect another app that does a market search for the new one. At least this way if someone is searching for the old app they will find a pointer to the new one.
This makes upgrade scenarios a little ugly, but it may help you retain users. /Ryan -----Original Message----- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Jeffe Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:32 AM To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] application name change We're having to change our app's name due to it being somewhat close to a mark owned by a large company that believes consumers are easily confused. I had been assuming that this was simply a matter of changing the name listed in our Market description when we publish an update, but has anyone done this before? I don't want any nasty surprises, like the Market preventing a display name change on an existing app. -- 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 -- 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
