[android-developers] Can i use google inside my app?

2012-08-29 Thread JR
Hi!

I am developing a game that main idea is to find answers to hard questions by 
using search engine. I have developed a simple browser using webview. The 
player can choose which search engine he wants to use. My question is does my 
game break any policys? 

Only thing i found was this:
Do not post an app where the primary functionality is to:

* Provide a webview of a website not owned or administered by you (unless you 
have permission from the website owner/administrator to do so)

In my app the search engine is used as tool and it has more content than just 
the webview. Do you think it is still considered a primary function?

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Re: [android-developers] Can i use google inside my app?

2012-08-29 Thread Marina Cuello
I guess you could use a Google Custom Search configured to search on the
whole web in a  local site that takes part of your app. I'm not a lawyer
and I haven't read Custom Search TCs in a long while, but a few years ago
it was allowed to do something like that for a desktop app.
You could check if other search services offer stuff like that.

Marina
On Aug 29, 2012 4:36 AM, JR janner1...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi!

 I am developing a game that main idea is to find answers to hard questions
 by using search engine. I have developed a simple browser using webview.
 The player can choose which search engine he wants to use. My question is
 does my game break any policys?

 Only thing i found was this:
 Do not post an app where the primary functionality is to:

 * Provide a webview of a website not owned or administered by you (unless
 you have permission from the website owner/administrator to do so)

 In my app the search engine is used as tool and it has more content than
 just the webview. Do you think it is still considered a primary function?

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