[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-09-04 Thread f_heft
I'm waiting for this, too ... but I don't know if it's released yet or not because I don't know what to search for in the market ... On 1 Sep., 08:46, Fallen Leaf fallenleafga...@gmail.com wrote: Now that submission closes in just some minutes, anybody knows when the judge application will be

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-09-01 Thread James Yum
Hi, Unfortunately, you won't be able to recover that package name. That's the way it works on the regular Market as well. Cheers, James On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:45 PM, an0...@gmail.com wrote: But I want to use the package name that I've revoked from ADC before it is closed for submission

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-09-01 Thread Dan Sherman
Could always just use com.company.product.adc, or com.company.product2, or any number of small modifications on the product name... On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:23 AM, an0...@gmail.com wrote: That's what is recently annoying me, because I didn't know there is such a ridiculous restriction and

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-09-01 Thread an00na
Only if one can bear the ugliness ... On Sep 1, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Dan Sherman wrote: Could always just use com.company.product.adc, or com.company.product2, or any number of small modifications on the product name... On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:23 AM, an0...@gmail.com wrote: That's what

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-09-01 Thread Fallen Leaf
Now that submission closes in just some minutes, anybody knows when the judge application will be in the market? On 1 sep, 08:35, Dan Sherman impact...@gmail.com wrote: Could always just use com.company.product.adc, or com.company.product2, or any number of small modifications on the product

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread James Yum
Hi Monmonja, If you already submitted the app to Market, you need to submit to the ADC site under a different package name. Were you able to do that successfully? Cheers, James On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:56 PM, monmonja almondmend...@gmail.com wrote: i had submitted an app on adc but it does

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread Nicholas Albion
Me too! I uploaded it, filled out the description and pressed save. The developer console site said that it was uploaded but not submitted. I then checked that my profile details were right, cancelled out of that and went back to submit. The developer's console site says No applications

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread Vytautas Vaitukaitis
Hi, everyone! Just a quick check about the Judging Application. I have an app that was submitted to the market after the 1st August and I have now uploaded it to the ADC under different package name but left the application name and the icon the same. I am just wondering whether the Judging App

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread CraigsRace
This was answered in another thread. There will be no difference, so putting ADC in your name is a good idea. On Sep 1, 4:35 am, Vytautas Vaitukaitis vaitukaitis.vytau...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, everyone! Just a quick check about the Judging Application. I have an app that was submitted

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread an0
But I find it is unreasonable that I can not reuse the package name EVEN IF I've unsubmitted the ADC app EVEN before ADC starts to open to users. Since there is no one but me knows the ever ephemeral existence of such a package, what's the problem of revoking the first one and then using its name

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread Chi Kit Leung
anyway, I think ADC2 is closed. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:04 PM, an0 an0...@gmail.com wrote: But I find it is unreasonable that I can not reuse the package name EVEN IF I've unsubmitted the ADC app EVEN before ADC starts to open to users. Since there is no one but me knows the ever ephemeral

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread James Yum
There are still three more hours left. Cheers, James On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Chi Kit Leung michaelchi...@gmail.comwrote: anyway, I think ADC2 is closed. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:04 PM, an0 an0...@gmail.com wrote: But I find it is unreasonable that I can not reuse the package

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-31 Thread an00na
But I want to use the package name that I've revoked from ADC before it is closed for submission and open for judgement. On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Chi Kit Leung wrote: anyway, I think ADC2 is closed. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:04 PM, an0 an0...@gmail.com wrote: But I find it is

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-30 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
I suggest you read this entire thread, the answer is there. -John Coryat --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-30 Thread Fallen Leaf
Change the package (i.e. add .adc ). What you made doesn't work because there are people that have downloaded your app even if now it's not in the market so Google doesn't allow to publish several apps with the same package. On 30 ago, 18:06, Omer Saatcioglu osaatcio...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-30 Thread monmonja
i had submitted an app on adc but it does not show on the listing but when i try to reupload the app, it said there is something the same on the market. Is this normal? can i update my app? tnx On Aug 28, 1:23 am, Dan Morrill morri...@google.com wrote: We are not planning to extend the

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-28 Thread RS
Dan, thanks for the confirmation. And anyway the submission process has been very smooth so far. Hope our updates (if any) don't get stuck on the last day. Regards, RS On Aug 27, 6:23 pm, Dan Morrill morri...@google.com wrote: We are not planning to extend the submission deadline. - Dan On

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-27 Thread Bo
On Aug 27, 10:08 am, Wesley sit06...@gmail.com wrote: hi All, I have problem of submit my app... 1st times I try to upload it to ADC... so I start browse my apk... then the site will auto upload I think... but before I click save button, suddenly my browser got problem or I mistype some

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-27 Thread Dan Morrill
We are not planning to extend the submission deadline. - Dan On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:22 PM, patrick android.com...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, i'm asking wher can we ask google to extend the deadline? thks On 25 août, 17:05, Dan Sherman impact...@gmail.com wrote: There's no reason that they

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-27 Thread Dan Morrill
You are not required to submit a trial version. However, many developers prefer to do so, so the rules are simply making it clear that this is permitted. - Dan On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:33 AM, androidDeveloper stepmas...@googlemail.com wrote: So...will ADC2 apps be used by people outside

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread RS
This request might sound like one to extend deadline but it is actually only to extend the window which is shorter than the estimate announced. Though our apps are ready, some developers are not immediately available (not because they are holidaying) and this weekend happens to be a long weekend

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread patrick
you're right except that they are people who were unaware of ADC1 and took polish ADC 2 a bit later, these people may be have very googd ideas and have worked too hard during the few time they have. they had especially hope in seeing the site Submitting be delayed a bit, so why not one or two

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread patrick
you're right except that they are people who were unaware of ADC1 and took polish ADC 2 a bit later, these people may be have very googd ideas and have worked too hard during the few time they have. they had especially hope in seeing the site Submitting be delayed a bit, so why not one or two

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread androidDeveloper
So...will ADC2 apps be used by people outside of ADC2 judging? No, apps will be removed from the device after the judging period is over. If developers want to, they may release their app into the standard Market, but that will be the only version they will need to support. Ok, I

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Piotr
Business submissions unfortunately may not happen at weekends. For contingency another week would be very useful. I really do not understand what are you talking about. What weekends ? Do you have time to post on this group ? So, instead wasting your time for whining, finish your app.

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Houba
Hi Please can someone explain this: Is this allowed: to rename an App for the ADC2 challenge? Is this what is required to submit an app to the ADC2 that was already submitted to the Android Market BEFORE 1st August? Can someone official just say YES or NO?? Thanks On Aug 24, 6:36 pm, Mark

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Dan Sherman
If the app, in ANY form (including a different name, beta, etc) was released before August 1, you cannot submit it to ADC2. - Dan On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Houba ehab.bassi...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Please can someone explain this: Is this allowed: to rename an App for the ADC2

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Romain Guy
It's written clearly in the terms of the contest: In addition, an Entry (or substantially similar application by the same Participant) must not have previously been publicly available through the Android Market prior to August 1, 2009. So the answer is no, it is not allowed. On Wed, Aug 26,

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Houba
Hello, Please could you explain what Eric Chou means here when he says: From Eric Chou's blog: As a final note, if you've uploaded a version of your app to Android Market, you'll need to use a different Android package name for the version you submit to the Challenge. What is that all about?

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Wesley
hi All, I have problem of submit my app... 1st times I try to upload it to ADC... so I start browse my apk... then the site will auto upload I think... but before I click save button, suddenly my browser got problem or I mistype some shortcut key or what... my browser quit... then I open my

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-26 Thread Ehab Bassilli
I submitted my app before the adc2 rules were published (I.e that those who have published an app before 1st aug cannot enter that app). Given that we did not know this was going to happen, then is it possible to enter the adc2 competition? Thanks On Aug 27, 2009 3:08 AM, Wesley

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread RS
Dan, a little larger window would be very useful. May be an extension by a week or two .. as the site opened on 24th late night only. You could decide to pass it over to market .. say after 15th sept. And if announcing an extension, please let us know earlier than 28th so that we can work

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread vetch
On 25 Sie, 10:08, RS rajeshs...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, a little larger window would be very useful. May be an extension by a week or two .. as the site opened on 24th late night only. You could decide to pass it over to market .. say after 15th sept. Oh, no my dear. They did that year ago.

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
I see no need to extend the deadline, it's been public since May 27th, if you're not ready by now, you'll probably never be ready. People have to learn that a deadline means something, extending it would only punish those who are ready and reward those who can't meet project goals on time. -John

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Dan Sherman
There's no reason that they would change the deadline. The deadline has been set at the 31st since late May (as stated before). With that deadline posted, your app should be ready to hit the submit button on the 31st or sooner. Nothing changed, they're giving you a full week to hit the Submit

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread RS
You are right.. yeah our app is more than ready.. but not everybody was expecting a one week window. Some do travel on business during working days and it happens to be a long weekend in the UK. And submissions from business involve a paid bunch of developers who don't work like hackers over

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Dan Morrill
If the app was submitted to the Market in any form before August 1st, it's not eligible. If the app was first submitted in any form after August 1st, it is eligible. So if you submitted the first version to Market after 1 August, you may submit a revised version to the ADC2. - Dan On Tue, Aug

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread dka
I agree with Vetch, the deadline has been communicated a long time ago and one week should be sufficient to just upload the app (I presume the site works as expected ...). Any change to the deadline would just insult all developers that were working to this deadline as they were supposed to.

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Ehab Bassilli
May I just say that I feel it is quite unfair to exclude apps that were developed in anticipation of adc2 only to be told that by doing so, your apps do not qualify. They should have said that from the beginning. It is a shame as there are apps that have been developed after adc1 and before adc2

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Fallen Leaf
Just a question. I have read that judges can use devices that aren't yet in the market and we should use only standard api's, but I'm making a game and I'm making it for 320x480 screen resolution. Is it suppossed I should make the game for all kind of screens? Because with my game I actually see

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Dan Morrill
While we do recommend that you design your apps and assets to be resolution-independent, it's okay to focus on HVGA devices for the ADC2. - Dan On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Fallen Leaf fallenleafga...@gmail.comwrote: Just a question. I have read that judges can use devices that aren't

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Yuri Dario
Hello, one thing it is still not clear to me. I see that applications submitted for ADC2 will not be visible into the market, so we can publish another application in the market under a different package name. But application updates are not clear: while apps on market can be updated as we

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread patrick
Hi, i'm asking wher can we ask google to extend the deadline? thks On 25 août, 17:05, Dan Sherman impact...@gmail.com wrote: There's no reason that they would change the deadline.  The deadline has been set at the 31st since late May (as stated before).  With that deadline posted, your app

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread CraigsRace
No deadline extension + 1 On Aug 26, 2:06 am, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: I see no need to extend the deadline, it's been public since May 27th, if you're not ready by now, you'll probably never be ready. People have to learn that a deadline means something,

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-25 Thread Dan Sherman
No deadline extension + 1 On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:20 PM, CraigsRace craig...@gmail.com wrote: No deadline extension + 1 On Aug 26, 2:06 am, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: I see no need to extend the deadline, it's been public since May 27th, if you're not ready

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread sheik
been waiting for this for a long while...thanks its finally out.. On Aug 24, 9:57 pm, David McLaughlin (Android Advocate) d...@google.com wrote: The submission site for ADC 2 is now live! For full details, see our blog post:

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Mark Murphy
The submission site for ADC 2 is now live! For full details, see our blog post: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/08/android-developer-challenge-2-open-for.html Great! I am concerned about the following quote from that blog post: As a final note, if you've uploaded a version of

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Dan Morrill
This site is using the same infrastructure as the Android Market and shares a unified namespace, primarily to avoid squatting issues. That is, we want to make sure that if a developer submits an app via ADC2 that an evil third party could not come along and put an app with the same package up on

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread David McLaughlin (Android Advocate)
So...will ADC2 apps be used by people outside of ADC2 judging? No, apps will be removed from the device after the judging period is over. If developers want to, they may release their app into the standard Market, but that will be the only version they will need to support. Thanks, David

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Peli
Does this mean we should choose a unique package name for ADC2? Would this be recommended? (e.g. can we continue to use the package name after ADC2 is over, or do we have to choose a new package name if we switch back to Market?) E.g. if in the long run, we would like to use com.myapp, then for

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread JP
You beat me to it. On Aug 24, 11:10 am, Peli peli0...@googlemail.com wrote: Does this mean we should choose a unique package name for ADC2? Would this be recommended? (e.g. can we continue to use the package name after ADC2 is over, or do we have to choose a new package name if we switch

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Dan Morrill
Not only should you, you will have to. You won't be able to upload an app with a conflicting package name. Adding a .adc2 sub-package sounds perfectly reasonable to me, though what you name it is up to you. - Dan On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Peli peli0...@googlemail.com wrote: Does this

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Mark Murphy
So...will ADC2 apps be used by people outside of ADC2 judging? No, apps will be removed from the device after the judging period is over. If developers want to, they may release their app into the standard Market, but that will be the only version they will need to support. Ah, good.

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Dan Morrill
Ah yes, I misunderstood the question. I guess I had the other topic on my mind. ;) - Dan On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: This site is using the same infrastructure as the Android Market and shares a unified namespace, primarily to avoid

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Ehab Bassilli
Hello, I have a question. I published my app on the android market to get feedback and see the product mature. Now we have a new release that is different in user interface. Am I allowed to publish the new release for the adc2? Thanks for any info you can provide. Ideally someone from google

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread JP
OK - so do I understand correctly that an app that has not been published on Android Market so far, can carry that name over to the public market once the ADC2 is over? On Aug 24, 10:48 am, Dan Morrill morri...@google.com wrote: This site is using the same infrastructure as the Android Market

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread JP
I checked the Market for the judging app. When is that coming out? Is there going to be an overlap between the end of the submission period, and judging as suggested? It still says late August re: the availability of the judging app. On Aug 24, 9:57 am, David McLaughlin (Android Advocate)

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread David McLaughlin (Android Advocate)
Hi, Per the official ADC2 website, The ADC 2 contest is open only to applications that have not been made publicly available through the Android Market prior to August 1, 2009. Thus, you may publish your new release to the Market and submit to the ADC2, provided of course that you had not

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Peli
Thanks for the info! Peli On 24 Aug., 20:14, Dan Morrill morri...@google.com wrote: Not only should you, you will have to. You won't be able to upload an app with a conflicting package name. Adding a .adc2 sub-package sounds perfectly reasonable to me, though what you name it is up to you.

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Ehab Bassilli
Ok, thanks david. But what if the release after 1st august had new and different features? On Aug 24, 2009 7:44 PM, David McLaughlin (Android Advocate) d...@google.com wrote: Hi, Per the official ADC2 website, The ADC 2 contest is open only to applications that have not been made publicly

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread mgpc
Hi Ehab, The rules say: An Entry (or substantially similar application by the same Participant) must not have previously been publicly available through the Android Market prior to August 1, 2009. For the avoidance of doubt, any beta, demo, trial, or incomplete version of an application that

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Peli
I have a question regarding the judging application that is provided by Google: Will users (judges) have the possibility to choose which categories they would like to judge, or would they get random applications from all categories? We have an app that would equally well fit into two of the

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Dan Morrill
Users will be randomly assigned apps to judge, without regard for categories. - Dan On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Peli peli0...@googlemail.com wrote: I have a question regarding the judging application that is provided by Google: Will users (judges) have the possibility to choose which

[android-developers] Re: ADC 2 Submission Site -- Now live

2009-08-24 Thread Dan Morrill
This is correct: upgraded versions of apps submitted to Market before 1 August are ineligible; this includes UI upgrades. - Dan On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:09 PM, mgpc mcumm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ehab, The rules say: An Entry (or substantially similar application by the same Participant)