Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

I didn't create a release keystore because I have not released yet, and I 
didn't need it. I was using the debug keystore.

I created the release keystore when I was finished, to put the app in 
Google Play.



Am Dienstag, 30. April 2013 04:12:34 UTC+2 schrieb Ian Ni-Lewis:
>
> I agree, you should have been notified. I do not know why you weren't.
>
> I don't understand the issue with the debug certificate. Do you not have a 
> valid release key certificate that you can use for development?
> Ian
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Craig Payne 
> > wrote:
>
>> Not quite true, Ian. I am trying to fix a bug in an app I released over a 
>> year ago, and my debug.keystore certificate has expired. Given that this is 
>> the default behaviour (365 day expiry), most developers are not going to be 
>> able to use their old API keys to continue development for very long.
>>
>> I need to make a tiny change, and to do this I will be forced to upgrade 
>> to v2, which means I can no longer support Android 1.6.  This will 
>> immediately cut out 8% of my users, who will loudly complain and give me 
>> bad reviews in Google Play.  They are not able to upgrade because of 
>> fragmentation, and are stuck with an old version of Android, which up to 
>> now I have been able to support.
>> I didn't see the "clear communications" that this would be deprecated 
>> either, and I pay special attention to emails from Google.  I WAS told by 
>> Google that the v2 web-based maps would be deprecated and DID update them 
>> in time.
>> While I might expect something like this from the cowboys at Facebook, I 
>> hold Google to a higher standard and I am shocked and disappointed.
>>
>> It sounds like you're actually from Google, so do you have any solution 
>> for us developers who are trying to support Android, but who have existing 
>> keys with expired debug certificates?
>>
>> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service 
>>> without informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new 
>>> users into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several 
>>> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who 
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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Ian Ni-Lewis]

+retomeier, who assured me that this is possible :-)
Ian


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Craig Payne wrote:

> Hi Ian,
>
> You mean I can use my release key for development also? I do have one, of
> course, but I will have to look into how to do this. Can you point me in
> the right direction, perhaps?  That solution will still be a bit fiddly,
> because I have a FREE and PRO version of the app which both use different
> certs.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Ian Ni-Lewis  wrote:
>
>> I agree, you should have been notified. I do not know why you weren't.
>>
>> I don't understand the issue with the debug certificate. Do you not have
>> a valid release key certificate that you can use for development?
>>  Ian
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Craig Payne wrote:
>>
>>> Not quite true, Ian. I am trying to fix a bug in an app I released over
>>> a year ago, and my debug.keystore certificate has expired. Given that this
>>> is the default behaviour (365 day expiry), most developers are not going to
>>> be able to use their old API keys to continue development for very long.
>>>
>>> I need to make a tiny change, and to do this I will be forced to upgrade
>>> to v2, which means I can no longer support Android 1.6.  This will
>>> immediately cut out 8% of my users, who will loudly complain and give me
>>> bad reviews in Google Play.  They are not able to upgrade because of
>>> fragmentation, and are stuck with an old version of Android, which up to
>>> now I have been able to support.
>>> I didn't see the "clear communications" that this would be deprecated
>>> either, and I pay special attention to emails from Google.  I WAS told by
>>> Google that the v2 web-based maps would be deprecated and DID update them
>>> in time.
>>> While I might expect something like this from the cowboys at Facebook, I
>>> hold Google to a higher standard and I am shocked and disappointed.
>>>
>>> It sounds like you're actually from Google, so do you have any solution
>>> for us developers who are trying to support Android, but who have existing
>>> keys with expired debug certificates?
>>>
>>> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service
 without informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new
 users into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several
 years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who
 obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly
 instructed to do) should have been affected.

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Craig Payne]

Hi Ian,

You mean I can use my release key for development also? I do have one, of
course, but I will have to look into how to do this. Can you point me in
the right direction, perhaps?  That solution will still be a bit fiddly,
because I have a FREE and PRO version of the app which both use different
certs.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Ian Ni-Lewis  wrote:

> I agree, you should have been notified. I do not know why you weren't.
>
> I don't understand the issue with the debug certificate. Do you not have a
> valid release key certificate that you can use for development?
>  Ian
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Craig Payne wrote:
>
>> Not quite true, Ian. I am trying to fix a bug in an app I released over a
>> year ago, and my debug.keystore certificate has expired. Given that this is
>> the default behaviour (365 day expiry), most developers are not going to be
>> able to use their old API keys to continue development for very long.
>>
>> I need to make a tiny change, and to do this I will be forced to upgrade
>> to v2, which means I can no longer support Android 1.6.  This will
>> immediately cut out 8% of my users, who will loudly complain and give me
>> bad reviews in Google Play.  They are not able to upgrade because of
>> fragmentation, and are stuck with an old version of Android, which up to
>> now I have been able to support.
>> I didn't see the "clear communications" that this would be deprecated
>> either, and I pay special attention to emails from Google.  I WAS told by
>> Google that the v2 web-based maps would be deprecated and DID update them
>> in time.
>> While I might expect something like this from the cowboys at Facebook, I
>> hold Google to a higher standard and I am shocked and disappointed.
>>
>> It sounds like you're actually from Google, so do you have any solution
>> for us developers who are trying to support Android, but who have existing
>> keys with expired debug certificates?
>>
>> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service
>>> without informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new
>>> users into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several
>>> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who
>>> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly
>>> instructed to do) should have been affected.
>>>
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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Ian Ni-Lewis]

I agree, you should have been notified. I do not know why you weren't.

I don't understand the issue with the debug certificate. Do you not have a
valid release key certificate that you can use for development?
Ian


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Craig Payne wrote:

> Not quite true, Ian. I am trying to fix a bug in an app I released over a
> year ago, and my debug.keystore certificate has expired. Given that this is
> the default behaviour (365 day expiry), most developers are not going to be
> able to use their old API keys to continue development for very long.
>
> I need to make a tiny change, and to do this I will be forced to upgrade
> to v2, which means I can no longer support Android 1.6.  This will
> immediately cut out 8% of my users, who will loudly complain and give me
> bad reviews in Google Play.  They are not able to upgrade because of
> fragmentation, and are stuck with an old version of Android, which up to
> now I have been able to support.
> I didn't see the "clear communications" that this would be deprecated
> either, and I pay special attention to emails from Google.  I WAS told by
> Google that the v2 web-based maps would be deprecated and DID update them
> in time.
> While I might expect something like this from the cowboys at Facebook, I
> hold Google to a higher standard and I am shocked and disappointed.
>
> It sounds like you're actually from Google, so do you have any solution
> for us developers who are trying to support Android, but who have existing
> keys with expired debug certificates?
>
> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without
>> informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users
>> into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several
>> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who
>> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly
>> instructed to do) should have been affected.
>>
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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Craig Payne]

Not quite true, Ian. I am trying to fix a bug in an app I released over a 
year ago, and my debug.keystore certificate has expired. Given that this is 
the default behaviour (365 day expiry), most developers are not going to be 
able to use their old API keys to continue development for very long.

I need to make a tiny change, and to do this I will be forced to upgrade to 
v2, which means I can no longer support Android 1.6.  This will immediately 
cut out 8% of my users, who will loudly complain and give me bad reviews in 
Google Play.  They are not able to upgrade because of fragmentation, and 
are stuck with an old version of Android, which up to now I have been able 
to support.
I didn't see the "clear communications" that this would be deprecated 
either, and I pay special attention to emails from Google.  I WAS told by 
Google that the v2 web-based maps would be deprecated and DID update them 
in time.
While I might expect something like this from the cowboys at Facebook, I 
hold Google to a higher standard and I am shocked and disappointed.

It sounds like you're actually from Google, so do you have any solution for 
us developers who are trying to support Android, but who have existing keys 
with expired debug certificates?

In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without 
> informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users 
> into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several 
> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who 
> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly 
> instructed to do) should have been affected. 
>
>  

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Craig Payne]

Ian, this is not quite true. I am a developer with an app on the market, 
and I have an existing v1 API key. The problem is, because the debug 
certificate has a default expiry of 365 days, I can't use it any more (it 
expired in September).  This will be the case for most developers, because 
it is the default setting.

I also didn't realise v1 was being deprecated.  I would expect Google to 
have contacted me by email about this, as I registered for the API key, 
have an app on Google Play using maps, and was informed via email that 
Google Maps v2 for websites would be deprecated in favour of v3.  I'm 
pretty shocked about the way this has been handled for Android, and hold 
Google to a higher standard.

So to fix my small bug, I will be forced to upgrade to v2, which is only 
supported by Android 2.2 and above. 8% of my users are stuck on 1.6 because 
of fragmentation issues, and you can bet I will be getting some nasty 
reviews from them on Google Play if I stop supporting their devices.

Is there any way to either extend my certificate or change my API key, or 
am I screwed?

On Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:11:41 AM UTC+2, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote:
>
> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without 
> informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users 
> into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several 
> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who 
> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly 
> instructed to do) should have been affected. 
>  

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

I have a key but for the debug keystore. That is what I was using during 
development. I didn't think about that I need a new key for the release 
keystore. Or probably I let it for later (don't remember), since I also 
hadn't created the release keystore.



Am Donnerstag, 25. April 2013 07:11:41 UTC+2 schrieb Ian Ni-Lewis:
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Indicator Veritatis 
> 
> > wrote:
>
>> There is a world of a difference, Ian, between "updating our software" 
>> and completely breaking an entire set of APIs. Google did the latter. Many 
>> other companies instead keep the old APIs working for years, encouraging 
>> developers to develop only for the new API set.
>
>
> But we *are* keeping the old APIs working for years. The deprecation is 
> following the normal Google policy. Existing users will be supported for 
> some time to come--something on the order of three years, if I recall 
> correctly. What we're not doing is issuing new keys. I'm unable to think of 
> a way of deprecating an API that's significantly more fair than that.
>
>>
>> Now Google may have had a good reason for completely scrapping v1 and 
>> forcing everyone to migrate to v2 with no backwards compatibility -- but 
>> did Google ever communicate this to developers? I never saw this. 
>> Evidently, neither did a number of contributors to this thread.
>>
>
> We did communicate this via G+ and a fairly prominent paragraph on the 
> Maps API page. We probably could have done more communicating directly from 
> the Android team. As it was, we let the Maps team communicate the change, 
> and perhaps missed many Android developers.
>
>>
>> Finally, why are you even asking if he got a v1 API key? Even his first 
>> post should have made it clear that he got further than that in the 
>> development process. For you to insinuate that he did not even get this far 
>> shows both laziness on your part and contempt for Google's customers and 
>> partners, developers.
>>
>
> I think you're being overly harsh with me and overly kind to the OP. I'm 
> not familiar with his development process, but I'm fairly certain that had 
> he requested a key, it would still be operational (see my comments about 
> the deprecation policy, above). If I understood the original post, the 
> developer claimed that he fully developed an app, waited for a period of 
> several months, and then requested a key just before he intended to go 
> live. Perhaps he used someone else's key during development? 
>
> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without 
> informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users 
> into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several 
> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who 
> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly 
> instructed to do) should have been affected. 
>
> Hence, my question. If the OP has a key that is not working, then I will 
> do everything within my power to fix that for him. However, it appears that 
> what he has is no key, and no plausible reason for why he didn't obtain a 
> key when it was possible for him to do so. That's significantly more 
> difficult for me to fix.
> Thanks
> Ian
>  
>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:38:09 AM UTC-7, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>> You say that "My career doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have 
>>> other things to do than checking each x months if one API has been 
>>> discontinuated and I need to develop everything again." We do occasionally 
>>> need to update our software, and although we do try very hard to avoid 
>>> breaking changes, they do sometimes happen. How would you prefer to be 
>>> notified of these changes? Have you ever obtained a v1 API key or uploaded 
>>> an app to Google Play? If not, then how would Google have communicated this 
>>> important information to you? 
>>> Ian
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:59:07 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:

 Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :) 
 I think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But 
 reconsidering this position.

 Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that 
 there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email 
 Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which 
 told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and 
 then I got:

 "Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding 
 Google 
 Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
 http://developer.android.com/**google/play-services/maps.html
 **"

 I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a 
 stupid developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct 
 communic

Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

I have a key but for the debug keystore. That is what I was using during 
development. I didn't know that I need a new key for the release keystore. 
Probably I just missed that information - or thought that I would get it 
when I release (I don't remember).



Am Donnerstag, 25. April 2013 07:11:41 UTC+2 schrieb Ian Ni-Lewis:
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Indicator Veritatis 
> 
> > wrote:
>
>> There is a world of a difference, Ian, between "updating our software" 
>> and completely breaking an entire set of APIs. Google did the latter. Many 
>> other companies instead keep the old APIs working for years, encouraging 
>> developers to develop only for the new API set.
>
>
> But we *are* keeping the old APIs working for years. The deprecation is 
> following the normal Google policy. Existing users will be supported for 
> some time to come--something on the order of three years, if I recall 
> correctly. What we're not doing is issuing new keys. I'm unable to think of 
> a way of deprecating an API that's significantly more fair than that.
>
>>
>> Now Google may have had a good reason for completely scrapping v1 and 
>> forcing everyone to migrate to v2 with no backwards compatibility -- but 
>> did Google ever communicate this to developers? I never saw this. 
>> Evidently, neither did a number of contributors to this thread.
>>
>
> We did communicate this via G+ and a fairly prominent paragraph on the 
> Maps API page. We probably could have done more communicating directly from 
> the Android team. As it was, we let the Maps team communicate the change, 
> and perhaps missed many Android developers.
>
>>
>> Finally, why are you even asking if he got a v1 API key? Even his first 
>> post should have made it clear that he got further than that in the 
>> development process. For you to insinuate that he did not even get this far 
>> shows both laziness on your part and contempt for Google's customers and 
>> partners, developers.
>>
>
> I think you're being overly harsh with me and overly kind to the OP. I'm 
> not familiar with his development process, but I'm fairly certain that had 
> he requested a key, it would still be operational (see my comments about 
> the deprecation policy, above). If I understood the original post, the 
> developer claimed that he fully developed an app, waited for a period of 
> several months, and then requested a key just before he intended to go 
> live. Perhaps he used someone else's key during development? 
>
> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without 
> informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users 
> into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several 
> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who 
> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly 
> instructed to do) should have been affected. 
>
> Hence, my question. If the OP has a key that is not working, then I will 
> do everything within my power to fix that for him. However, it appears that 
> what he has is no key, and no plausible reason for why he didn't obtain a 
> key when it was possible for him to do so. That's significantly more 
> difficult for me to fix.
> Thanks
> Ian
>  
>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:38:09 AM UTC-7, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>> You say that "My career doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have 
>>> other things to do than checking each x months if one API has been 
>>> discontinuated and I need to develop everything again." We do occasionally 
>>> need to update our software, and although we do try very hard to avoid 
>>> breaking changes, they do sometimes happen. How would you prefer to be 
>>> notified of these changes? Have you ever obtained a v1 API key or uploaded 
>>> an app to Google Play? If not, then how would Google have communicated this 
>>> important information to you? 
>>> Ian
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:59:07 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:

 Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :) 
 I think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But 
 reconsidering this position.

 Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that 
 there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email 
 Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which 
 told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and 
 then I got:

 "Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding 
 Google 
 Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
 http://developer.android.com/**google/play-services/maps.html
 **"

 I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a 
 stupid developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct 
 commun

Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[lbendlin]

The OP most likely used a debug key throughout and thought he could switch to a 
release key when he was ready to release. 

The real issue here is not the missing option to get a v1 key - it is the 
horrible performance of v2 especially for fast moving maps and the poor memory 
management. 

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Ian Ni-Lewis]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Indicator Veritatis wrote:

> There is a world of a difference, Ian, between "updating our software" and
> completely breaking an entire set of APIs. Google did the latter. Many
> other companies instead keep the old APIs working for years, encouraging
> developers to develop only for the new API set.


But we *are* keeping the old APIs working for years. The deprecation is
following the normal Google policy. Existing users will be supported for
some time to come--something on the order of three years, if I recall
correctly. What we're not doing is issuing new keys. I'm unable to think of
a way of deprecating an API that's significantly more fair than that.

>
> Now Google may have had a good reason for completely scrapping v1 and
> forcing everyone to migrate to v2 with no backwards compatibility -- but
> did Google ever communicate this to developers? I never saw this.
> Evidently, neither did a number of contributors to this thread.
>

We did communicate this via G+ and a fairly prominent paragraph on the Maps
API page. We probably could have done more communicating directly from the
Android team. As it was, we let the Maps team communicate the change, and
perhaps missed many Android developers.

>
> Finally, why are you even asking if he got a v1 API key? Even his first
> post should have made it clear that he got further than that in the
> development process. For you to insinuate that he did not even get this far
> shows both laziness on your part and contempt for Google's customers and
> partners, developers.
>

I think you're being overly harsh with me and overly kind to the OP. I'm
not familiar with his development process, but I'm fairly certain that had
he requested a key, it would still be operational (see my comments about
the deprecation policy, above). If I understood the original post, the
developer claimed that he fully developed an app, waited for a period of
several months, and then requested a key just before he intended to go
live. Perhaps he used someone else's key during development?

In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service without
informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new users
into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several
years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who
obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly
instructed to do) should have been affected.

Hence, my question. If the OP has a key that is not working, then I will do
everything within my power to fix that for him. However, it appears that
what he has is no key, and no plausible reason for why he didn't obtain a
key when it was possible for him to do so. That's significantly more
difficult for me to fix.
Thanks
Ian


>
>
> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:38:09 AM UTC-7, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote:
>>
>> You say that "My career doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have
>> other things to do than checking each x months if one API has been
>> discontinuated and I need to develop everything again." We do occasionally
>> need to update our software, and although we do try very hard to avoid
>> breaking changes, they do sometimes happen. How would you prefer to be
>> notified of these changes? Have you ever obtained a v1 API key or uploaded
>> an app to Google Play? If not, then how would Google have communicated this
>> important information to you?
>> Ian
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:59:07 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :)
>>> I think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But
>>> reconsidering this position.
>>>
>>> Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that
>>> there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email
>>> Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which
>>> told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and
>>> then I got:
>>>
>>> "Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding Google
>>> Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
>>> http://developer.android.com/**google/play-services/maps.html
>>> **"
>>>
>>> I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a
>>> stupid developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct
>>> communication with Google. And not to dream about the possibility to get
>>> some human-generated consideration about my case and a key for v1.
>>>
>>> And I'm not afraid of writing this, because Google will not even read it
>>> :)
>>>
>>> So I'll delay my release and post soon my questions about v2. And try my
>>> best to keep my motivation to be an Android developer.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Dienstag, 23. April 2013 03:07:00 UTC+2 schrieb Indicator Veritatis:

 In your message starting this thread, you say: "The context: 

Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Indicator Veritatis]

There is a world of a difference, Ian, between "updating our software" and 
completely breaking an entire set of APIs. Google did the latter. Many 
other companies instead keep the old APIs working for years, encouraging 
developers to develop only for the new API set.

Now Google may have had a good reason for completely scrapping v1 and 
forcing everyone to migrate to v2 with no backwards compatibility -- but 
did Google ever communicate this to developers? I never saw this. 
Evidently, neither did a number of contributors to this thread.

Finally, why are you even asking if he got a v1 API key? Even his first 
post should have made it clear that he got further than that in the 
development process. For you to insinuate that he did not even get this far 
shows both laziness on your part and contempt for Google's customers and 
partners, developers.

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:38:09 AM UTC-7, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote:
>
> You say that "My career doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have 
> other things to do than checking each x months if one API has been 
> discontinuated and I need to develop everything again." We do occasionally 
> need to update our software, and although we do try very hard to avoid 
> breaking changes, they do sometimes happen. How would you prefer to be 
> notified of these changes? Have you ever obtained a v1 API key or uploaded 
> an app to Google Play? If not, then how would Google have communicated this 
> important information to you? 
> Ian
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:59:07 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>>
>> Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :) I 
>> think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But 
>> reconsidering this position.
>>
>> Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that 
>> there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email 
>> Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which 
>> told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and 
>> then I got:
>>
>> "Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding Google 
>> Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
>> http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/maps.html";
>>
>> I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a 
>> stupid developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct 
>> communication with Google. And not to dream about the possibility to get 
>> some human-generated consideration about my case and a key for v1.
>>
>> And I'm not afraid of writing this, because Google will not even read it 
>> :)
>>
>> So I'll delay my release and post soon my questions about v2. And try my 
>> best to keep my motivation to be an Android developer.
>>
>>
>> Am Dienstag, 23. April 2013 03:07:00 UTC+2 schrieb Indicator Veritatis:
>>>
>>> In your message starting this thread, you say: "The context: I finished 
>>> an app a few months ago. I want to release it now."
>>>
>>> Well, it appears Google has, in its infinite wisdom, decided during 
>>> those "few months" not to give anyone a v1 key. Of course, this is 
>>> inconsiderate to developers, but Google is like that. Even in its worst 
>>> days, Apple had better relations with independent developers.
>>>
>>> But no doubt Google would ask, "well, what were you doing in those 'few 
>>> months' that you did not notice the need to update your app for the new 
>>> API?" Android developers have to roll with the punches and live with this 
>>> kind of abuse from Google, we cannot change it.
>>>
>>> Complain if you have to to get it out of your system, but then move on. 
>>> Either drop the app or rewrite it to use the new API.
>>>
>>> On Monday, April 22, 2013 3:47:10 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:

 Can you please stop using this conversation (only) to promote yourself 
 :) thanks.

 I can google the information myself. This is not any serious help. What 
 I need is an API key for v1 to release my finished app.


 Am Montag, 22. April 2013 12:27:57 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>
> There is no other way, than porting to MapsV2. 
> If you find any difficulty in anypart of MapsV2, We as a developer 
> will support you to the best.
> I suggest you to post in the same thread rather than creating new 
> thread.
> Before you Post, Search in 
> StackOverflow
>
>
> *To start with MapsV2.*
>
> Here are few links to start with MapsV2  >> Getting Started with 
> Google 
> MapsV2
> To create a custom overlay with custom typeface, I suggest you to see 
> this >> Using Custom Typeface in Maps 
> V2
> If you want any help, let us know, Sharing is Caring.
>
> My Android Apps-(Rate

Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Latimerius]

I'd say Google has multiple ways of announcing important changes, like this
list, (the front page of) developer.android.com, G+, blogs etc.  For
breaking changes, ideally all of them should be used.  I don't think Google
has to rely on developers being registered in some way to communicate
breaking changes in APIs and behaviours.

I got bitten by the app encryption resurrection last year which broke any
app that accesses resources/assets of another package.  Like a fair amount
of apps, we use a distribution model where the core app is free and can be
extended by paid expansions, each of which is distributed in its own APK
from Google Play.  App encryption redux meant that accessing expansion
APK's assets/ directory from the core app started to fail, silently - no
errors indicated, no exceptions thrown, the expansion APK just seemed empty.

I believe changes like this should be announced (at least) months ahead of
time.  There should be explanations of ramifications, there should be
migration guides etc. etc.  Instead, there was nothing - a two-line mention
of app encryption in a change-log blog post but not a word about what it
means for people like myself.  I apologise if I'm missing anything but
googling for an official description of the change and its effects turned
out nothing in February still.  Docs for createPackageContext() even still
say "[The returned] Context is the same as what the named application gets
when it is launched". ;-)  If it weren't for an excellent blog post by
Nikolay Elenkov (thanks Nikolay!) I'd probably never know what hit me, or
it would have taken me days or weeks to find out.

Note that I'm not criticising the app encryption change itself, just the
way it was (not) communicated.  A change that closes previously open access
to something is pretty obvious to break something so acting like this can
make you look arrogant.


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Ian Ni-Lewis  wrote:

> You say that "My career doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have
> other things to do than checking each x months if one API has been
> discontinuated and I need to develop everything again." We do occasionally
> need to update our software, and although we do try very hard to avoid
> breaking changes, they do sometimes happen. How would you prefer to be
> notified of these changes? Have you ever obtained a v1 API key or uploaded
> an app to Google Play? If not, then how would Google have communicated this
> important information to you?
> Ian
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:59:07 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>>
>> Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :) I
>> think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But
>> reconsidering this position.
>>
>> Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that
>> there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email
>> Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which
>> told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and
>> then I got:
>>
>> "Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding Google
>> Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
>> http://developer.android.com/**google/play-services/maps.html
>> **"
>>
>> I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a
>> stupid developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct
>> communication with Google. And not to dream about the possibility to get
>> some human-generated consideration about my case and a key for v1.
>>
>> And I'm not afraid of writing this, because Google will not even read it
>> :)
>>
>> So I'll delay my release and post soon my questions about v2. And try my
>> best to keep my motivation to be an Android developer.
>>
>>
>> Am Dienstag, 23. April 2013 03:07:00 UTC+2 schrieb Indicator Veritatis:
>>>
>>> In your message starting this thread, you say: "The context: I finished
>>> an app a few months ago. I want to release it now."
>>>
>>> Well, it appears Google has, in its infinite wisdom, decided during
>>> those "few months" not to give anyone a v1 key. Of course, this is
>>> inconsiderate to developers, but Google is like that. Even in its worst
>>> days, Apple had better relations with independent developers.
>>>
>>> But no doubt Google would ask, "well, what were you doing in those 'few
>>> months' that you did not notice the need to update your app for the new
>>> API?" Android developers have to roll with the punches and live with this
>>> kind of abuse from Google, we cannot change it.
>>>
>>> Complain if you have to to get it out of your system, but then move on.
>>> Either drop the app or rewrite it to use the new API.
>>>
>>> On Monday, April 22, 2013 3:47:10 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:

 Can you please stop using this conversation (only) to promote yourself
 :) thanks.

 I can google the information mys

Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Ian Ni-Lewis]

You say that "My career doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have 
other things to do than checking each x months if one API has been 
discontinuated and I need to develop everything again." We do occasionally 
need to update our software, and although we do try very hard to avoid 
breaking changes, they do sometimes happen. How would you prefer to be 
notified of these changes? Have you ever obtained a v1 API key or uploaded 
an app to Google Play? If not, then how would Google have communicated this 
important information to you? 
Ian


On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:59:07 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>
> Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :) I 
> think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But 
> reconsidering this position.
>
> Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that 
> there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email 
> Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which 
> told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and 
> then I got:
>
> "Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding Google 
> Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
> http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/maps.html";
>
> I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a stupid 
> developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct communication 
> with Google. And not to dream about the possibility to get some 
> human-generated consideration about my case and a key for v1.
>
> And I'm not afraid of writing this, because Google will not even read it :)
>
> So I'll delay my release and post soon my questions about v2. And try my 
> best to keep my motivation to be an Android developer.
>
>
> Am Dienstag, 23. April 2013 03:07:00 UTC+2 schrieb Indicator Veritatis:
>>
>> In your message starting this thread, you say: "The context: I finished 
>> an app a few months ago. I want to release it now."
>>
>> Well, it appears Google has, in its infinite wisdom, decided during those 
>> "few months" not to give anyone a v1 key. Of course, this is inconsiderate 
>> to developers, but Google is like that. Even in its worst days, Apple had 
>> better relations with independent developers.
>>
>> But no doubt Google would ask, "well, what were you doing in those 'few 
>> months' that you did not notice the need to update your app for the new 
>> API?" Android developers have to roll with the punches and live with this 
>> kind of abuse from Google, we cannot change it.
>>
>> Complain if you have to to get it out of your system, but then move on. 
>> Either drop the app or rewrite it to use the new API.
>>
>> On Monday, April 22, 2013 3:47:10 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you please stop using this conversation (only) to promote yourself 
>>> :) thanks.
>>>
>>> I can google the information myself. This is not any serious help. What 
>>> I need is an API key for v1 to release my finished app.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Montag, 22. April 2013 12:27:57 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:

 There is no other way, than porting to MapsV2. 
 If you find any difficulty in anypart of MapsV2, We as a developer will 
 support you to the best.
 I suggest you to post in the same thread rather than creating new 
 thread.
 Before you Post, Search in 
 StackOverflow


 *To start with MapsV2.*

 Here are few links to start with MapsV2  >> Getting Started with 
 Google 
 MapsV2
 To create a custom overlay with custom typeface, I suggest you to see 
 this >> Using Custom Typeface in Maps 
 V2
 If you want any help, let us know, Sharing is Caring.

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

Yes, in moments like this, I ask myself why I'm an Android developer :) I 
think I started basically because I didn't/don't like Apple. But 
reconsidering this position.

Another thing I found quite annoying during this experience, is that 
there's not even a direct contact possibility. All I found was an email 
Address of Googe Play, then I got an automatic e-Mail in response, which 
told me, to answer directly if this doesn't solve the problem, I did, and 
then I got:

"Thank you for your note. If you're looking for information regarding Google 
Maps Android API, please visit our Google Play Android Developer site:
http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/maps.html";

I probably can't call this "bad costumer service", since I'm only a stupid 
developer, not a costumer, and I don't deserve any direct communication 
with Google. And not to dream about the possibility to get some 
human-generated consideration about my case and a key for v1.

And I'm not afraid of writing this, because Google will not even read it :)

So I'll delay my release and post soon my questions about v2. And try my 
best to keep my motivation to be an Android developer.


Am Dienstag, 23. April 2013 03:07:00 UTC+2 schrieb Indicator Veritatis:
>
> In your message starting this thread, you say: "The context: I finished 
> an app a few months ago. I want to release it now."
>
> Well, it appears Google has, in its infinite wisdom, decided during those 
> "few months" not to give anyone a v1 key. Of course, this is inconsiderate 
> to developers, but Google is like that. Even in its worst days, Apple had 
> better relations with independent developers.
>
> But no doubt Google would ask, "well, what were you doing in those 'few 
> months' that you did not notice the need to update your app for the new 
> API?" Android developers have to roll with the punches and live with this 
> kind of abuse from Google, we cannot change it.
>
> Complain if you have to to get it out of your system, but then move on. 
> Either drop the app or rewrite it to use the new API.
>
> On Monday, April 22, 2013 3:47:10 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>>
>> Can you please stop using this conversation (only) to promote yourself :) 
>> thanks.
>>
>> I can google the information myself. This is not any serious help. What I 
>> need is an API key for v1 to release my finished app.
>>
>>
>> Am Montag, 22. April 2013 12:27:57 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>>>
>>> There is no other way, than porting to MapsV2. 
>>> If you find any difficulty in anypart of MapsV2, We as a developer will 
>>> support you to the best.
>>> I suggest you to post in the same thread rather than creating new thread.
>>> Before you Post, Search in 
>>> StackOverflow
>>>
>>>
>>> *To start with MapsV2.*
>>>
>>> Here are few links to start with MapsV2  >> Getting Started with Google 
>>> MapsV2
>>> To create a custom overlay with custom typeface, I suggest you to see 
>>> this >> Using Custom Typeface in Maps 
>>> V2
>>> If you want any help, let us know, Sharing is Caring.
>>>
>>> My Android Apps-(Rate & 
>>> Review
>>> )
>>>
>>>

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Indicator Veritatis]

In your message starting this thread, you say: "The context: I finished an 
app a few months ago. I want to release it now."

Well, it appears Google has, in its infinite wisdom, decided during those 
"few months" not to give anyone a v1 key. Of course, this is inconsiderate 
to developers, but Google is like that. Even in its worst days, Apple had 
better relations with independent developers.

But no doubt Google would ask, "well, what were you doing in those 'few 
months' that you did not notice the need to update your app for the new 
API?" Android developers have to roll with the punches and live with this 
kind of abuse from Google, we cannot change it.

Complain if you have to to get it out of your system, but then move on. 
Either drop the app or rewrite it to use the new API.

On Monday, April 22, 2013 3:47:10 AM UTC-7, user123 wrote:
>
> Can you please stop using this conversation (only) to promote yourself :) 
> thanks.
>
> I can google the information myself. This is not any serious help. What I 
> need is an API key for v1 to release my finished app.
>
>
> Am Montag, 22. April 2013 12:27:57 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>>
>> There is no other way, than porting to MapsV2. 
>> If you find any difficulty in anypart of MapsV2, We as a developer will 
>> support you to the best.
>> I suggest you to post in the same thread rather than creating new thread.
>> Before you Post, Search in 
>> StackOverflow
>>
>>
>> *To start with MapsV2.*
>>
>> Here are few links to start with MapsV2  >> Getting Started with Google 
>> MapsV2
>> To create a custom overlay with custom typeface, I suggest you to see 
>> this >> Using Custom Typeface in Maps 
>> V2
>> If you want any help, let us know, Sharing is Caring.
>>
>> My Android Apps-(Rate & 
>> Review
>> )
>>
>>

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

Can you please stop using this conversation (only) to promote yourself :) 
thanks.

I can google the information myself. This is not any serious help. What I 
need is an API key for v1 to release my finished app.


Am Montag, 22. April 2013 12:27:57 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>
> There is no other way, than porting to MapsV2. 
> If you find any difficulty in anypart of MapsV2, We as a developer will 
> support you to the best.
> I suggest you to post in the same thread rather than creating new thread.
> Before you Post, Search in 
> StackOverflow
>
>
> *To start with MapsV2.*
>
> Here are few links to start with MapsV2  >> Getting Started with Google 
> MapsV2
> To create a custom overlay with custom typeface, I suggest you to see this 
> >> Using Custom Typeface in Maps 
> >> V2
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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[VenomVendor™]

There is no other way, than porting to MapsV2. 
If you find any difficulty in anypart of MapsV2, We as a developer will 
support you to the best.
I suggest you to post in the same thread rather than creating new thread.
Before you Post, Search in 
StackOverflow


*To start with MapsV2.*

Here are few links to start with MapsV2  >> Getting Started with Google 
MapsV2
To create a custom overlay with custom typeface, I suggest you to see this 
>> Using Custom Typeface in Maps V2
If you want any help, let us know, Sharing is Caring.

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

@Ibendlin
Thank you for the friendly response. Who are you anyway? I would expect 
Google to care, at least. Hopefully I'm not asking to much. My career 
doesn't revolve around only Google, and I have other things to do than 
checking each x months if one API has been discontinuated and I need to 
develop everything again.

@Ankita
Yes, if there's no other option, I guess I have to. But big minus from my 
side for Google, even if "nobody cares about me" (which is also evidently 
the case / another minus). If find this respectless for developers. Great 
that Google advances quickly, I also saw good stuff in maps v2. But the 
point is that I planned this release, I was occupied with other things, and 
I am being forced now to delay release (how long? no idea, I don't know the 
new API), and then it has to be tested again, etc.  Just because I didn't 
get an API key for production before March 18. 



Am Montag, 22. April 2013 10:01:34 UTC+2 schrieb Ankita:
>
> Although your efforts must have been massive with the map api v1, I guess 
> moving to map api v2 will not be huge effort as it is much cleaner than v1. 
> I had to move to api v2 myself from v1 while I was half-way through the 
> development but, once I spent a day or two with it, I realised that it was 
> very easy for example, list of markers using itemoverlay can be easily 
> implemented using marker object which allows easy display of additional 
> information on clicking the marker. Then, I do not know what kind of 
> animated radius circle you have but, you can easily show polygons in new 
> map api version. 
>
> So, given you have no other option, give it a shot with a open head.
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:59 AM, lbendlin  >wrote:
>
>> Nobody cares how much effort you have put in. There was plenty of warning 
>> that this would happen. Now it happened, live with it.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:15:07 PM UTC-4, user123 wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the advice, but I also have other things to work on! And this 
>>> was supposed to be released!
>>>
>>> And it's not easy map, it has a lot of custom stuff, overlays, with 
>>> images downloaded from web, animatied radius circle, clustering, etc. This 
>>> will not be a few minutes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Sonntag, 21. April 2013 10:33:03 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:

 It's easy you need not worry, even i had the same kind of thinking.
 *Check out my app in which i have used 
 MapsV2
 *
 when i ported, i felt much easier, you have to try this.

 http://venomvendor.blogspot.**in/2013/04/generating-api-key-**
 for-google-mapsv2.html

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[Ankita Kashyap]

Although your efforts must have been massive with the map api v1, I guess
moving to map api v2 will not be huge effort as it is much cleaner than v1.
I had to move to api v2 myself from v1 while I was half-way through the
development but, once I spent a day or two with it, I realised that it was
very easy for example, list of markers using itemoverlay can be easily
implemented using marker object which allows easy display of additional
information on clicking the marker. Then, I do not know what kind of
animated radius circle you have but, you can easily show polygons in new
map api version.

So, given you have no other option, give it a shot with a open head.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:59 AM, lbendlin  wrote:

> Nobody cares how much effort you have put in. There was plenty of warning
> that this would happen. Now it happened, live with it.
>
>
> On Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:15:07 PM UTC-4, user123 wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the advice, but I also have other things to work on! And this
>> was supposed to be released!
>>
>> And it's not easy map, it has a lot of custom stuff, overlays, with
>> images downloaded from web, animatied radius circle, clustering, etc. This
>> will not be a few minutes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am Sonntag, 21. April 2013 10:33:03 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>>>
>>> It's easy you need not worry, even i had the same kind of thinking.
>>> *Check out my app in which i have used 
>>> MapsV2
>>> *
>>> when i ported, i felt much easier, you have to try this.
>>>
>>> http://venomvendor.blogspot.**in/2013/04/generating-api-key-**
>>> for-google-mapsv2.html
>>>
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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[lbendlin]

Nobody cares how much effort you have put in. There was plenty of warning 
that this would happen. Now it happened, live with it.

On Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:15:07 PM UTC-4, user123 wrote:
>
> Thanks for the advice, but I also have other things to work on! And this 
> was supposed to be released!
>
> And it's not easy map, it has a lot of custom stuff, overlays, with images 
> downloaded from web, animatied radius circle, clustering, etc. This will 
> not be a few minutes.
>
>
>
>
> Am Sonntag, 21. April 2013 10:33:03 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>>
>> It's easy you need not worry, even i had the same kind of thinking.
>> *Check out my app in which i have used 
>> MapsV2
>> *
>> when i ported, i felt much easier, you have to try this.
>>
>>
>> http://venomvendor.blogspot.in/2013/04/generating-api-key-for-google-mapsv2.html
>>
>

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

Thanks for the advice, but I also have other things to work on! And this 
was supposed to be released!

And it's not easy map, it has a lot of custom stuff, overlays, with images 
downloaded from web, animatied radius circle, clustering, etc. This will 
not be a few minutes.




Am Sonntag, 21. April 2013 10:33:03 UTC+2 schrieb VenomVendor™:
>
> It's easy you need not worry, even i had the same kind of thinking.
> *Check out my app in which i have used 
> MapsV2
> *
> when i ported, i felt much easier, you have to try this.
>
>
> http://venomvendor.blogspot.in/2013/04/generating-api-key-for-google-mapsv2.html
>

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[VenomVendor™]

It's easy you need not worry, even i had the same kind of thinking.
*Check out my app in which i have used 
MapsV2
*
when i ported, i felt much easier, you have to try this.

http://venomvendor.blogspot.in/2013/04/generating-api-key-for-google-mapsv2.html

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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

My app is already finished, also with testing, there's a lot of custom 
stuff on maps and no plan to port all that to version 2 now.



Am Samstag, 20. April 2013 23:39:13 UTC+2 schrieb rambabu mareedu:
>
> Sorry to say that there is no way to work with api v1 you should go for 
> google maps api v2...
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:32 PM, user123 
> > wrote:
>
>> I need urgently a key for maps api v1. Is there any way to still get one?
>>
>> The context: I finished an app a few months ago. I want to release it 
>> now. Now I see that I need a new map key for the release keystore.
>>
>> Well, I go to the page to get the key, and it says, that I have to port 
>> my maps to version 2.
>>
>> I can't do that now. Release is planned now, as said, everything is 
>> finished and tested. Is there a way to still get a version 1 key!?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
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Re: [android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[ram goud]

Sorry to say that there is no way to work with api v1 you should go for
google maps api v2...


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:32 PM, user123  wrote:

> I need urgently a key for maps api v1. Is there any way to still get one?
>
> The context: I finished an app a few months ago. I want to release it now.
> Now I see that I need a new map key for the release keystore.
>
> Well, I go to the page to get the key, and it says, that I have to port my
> maps to version 2.
>
> I can't do that now. Release is planned now, as said, everything is
> finished and tested. Is there a way to still get a version 1 key!?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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[android-developers] Maps api key v1?

[user123]

I need urgently a key for maps api v1. Is there any way to still get one?

The context: I finished an app a few months ago. I want to release it now. 
Now I see that I need a new map key for the release keystore.

Well, I go to the page to get the key, and it says, that I have to port my 
maps to version 2.

I can't do that now. Release is planned now, as said, everything is 
finished and tested. Is there a way to still get a version 1 key!?

Thanks in advance.

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