[android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Adam Goodchild
Hey, Im afraid ive not had a very good experience from using this. Every application I searched for I was unable to find it, even some of the market leaders in their category. You really need to update the library of applications you are searching, or you need to improve the search feature. On M

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread kernelpanic
why does an app like this need the permission to "Read device status and identity"? On Mar 7, 10:43 pm, ravishi wrote: > Hi all, > > I just released a free app, called "Android Market Rank" that let's > you find an app's elusive android rank.  You can see exactly what an > app's current rank is

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
Market rank can change depending on a number of factors such as country, carrier and even device. I've seen differences of as much as 20 positions depending on device alone. Country can really wreck havoc on position as the market filters out apps that aren't permitted for that area. I'm curious a

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread ravishi
Thanks for the feedback. I have removed the unecessary permissions from the app and released an update. The only permissions the app now requires are: INTERNET READ_PHONE_STATE ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Internet is needed so the app can communicate with the database on my server. The other two are r

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread ravishi
On Mar 8, 9:39 am, Justin Anderson wrote: > Checking the version is fine... It's just that the text "Checking Game > Version" doesn't make sense since "Android Market Rank" is not a game. That is another thing I copied from on of my other apps that I forgot to update. Thanks for bringing that to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Justin Anderson
When I first launched the app, it gave a dialog that said "Checking game version." This makes no sense whatsoever as this app is not a game. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:53 AM, kernelpanic wrote: > why does an app like this need the permission to "Read device status > and identity"? > > > > On Mar

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) wrote: > > I'm curious as to why the permissions for this app requires the > following permissions: > > READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA > READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY > > I wouldn't even consider downloading this app with these permissions.

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) > wrote: > >> >> I'm curious as to why the permissions for this app requires the >> following permissions: >> >> READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA >> READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY >> >>

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Justin Anderson
Checking the version is fine... It's just that the text "Checking Game Version" doesn't make sense since "Android Market Rank" is not a game. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM, ravishi wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I have removed the unecessary permissions > from the app and released an updat

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Justin Giles
I can vouch for those permissions being needed by Greystripe. I use them in one of my apps and there's no way around those permissions if you want to use their ads. Thanks for taking the time to clarify things Ravi. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Justin Anderson wrote: > Checking the version

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Rank

2011-03-08 Thread Justin Giles
> > > I believe AdMob suggests to use the same permissions so they can > target ads to specific devices. > > Yes they do, but you can get by with just the INTERNET permission. Much more favorable to users to only have the INTERNET permission. Most users get scared of the READ_PHONE_STATE permissi