Re: [android-developers] Request for Ideas: how to handle a major upgrade to my App

2012-02-27 Thread John Coryat
Here's a way you can migrate your paid users...

Release your new app as free with in-app purchase and create a way to use 
an unlock code. You'll need a server interface to check the validity of the 
code and a way of telling your existing customers about it. Using an unlock 
code will make it possible for paid users to download your new free app and 
use it without having to pay again.

-John Coryat

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Re: [android-developers] Request for Ideas: how to handle a major upgrade to my App

2012-02-27 Thread TreKing
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Spiral123  wrote:

> but I'd like to have some way that I can move over the folks who have
> purchased the app without requiring them to pay again.
>

You can't do that.

Consider releasing a minor, incremental update to your existing app without
the fancy new UI that does nothing more than show a popup warning of the
upcoming change. Wait a week or a month, or whatever, then drop the bomb.
They can't say you didn't warn them.

-
TreKing  - Chicago
transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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