I would just transform the paid app into an unlocker app that is checked by
the main app.
Anything else seem really complicated.
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I agree. An unlocker app also does not require any maintenance. You just
need to check its presence on the device, that's it. No need for importing
/ filtering lots of data, no need for writing server software.
On top of that when you really do want to go that route of validating
legitimate
FYI - What I'm doing is switching from a free/paid version free with ads,
to a single version that will have ads until an in-app purchase is made.
Obviously I don't want to screw the legacy customers with ads they have to
then pay to get rid of.
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Maybe try and use something that would be on their device that you created
( a folder, etc) as an indicator they are a previous customer.
On Monday, December 3, 2012 2:37:34 PM UTC-6, Brill Pappin wrote:
FYI - What I'm doing is switching from a free/paid version free with ads,
to a single
The problem with this suggestion is that it won't last a switched SD card,
factory reset or new device. I don't think that there's is a real good
solution to this problem other than maintaining the paid app. You could
transform the paid app into an unlock key and require your users to
install
Can't do that or it won't survive a phone reset or a new phone.
- Brill
On Monday, December 3, 2012 8:57:59 PM UTC-5, niko20 wrote:
Maybe try and use something that would be on their device that you created
( a folder, etc) as an indicator they are a previous customer.
On Monday,
Yeah, I'm trying to streamline and *not* maintain 4 different apps :)
I'm formulating a plan to simply ask the users in the next update and use
the LVL lib along with a hosted database to mark those who should never
need to buy it again.
- Brill
On Monday, December 3, 2012 11:38:53 PM UTC-5,
You could use their original order number. Download the orders from the
Checkout console and store them on a server. Add a way for users to enter
their order number to open up the premium content. The user would have to
search for their order number though.
-John Coryat
On Monday, December
Or...
You could download the order details from Checkout using the include more
buyer and order information columns and either send them an unlock code or
use their gmail account, which is included in this detailed download to
verify their access. No order number required!
-John Coryat
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Hmm... I like that idea.
It just might work, I only need to cover 2.5k users and another 3.9k on the
other one.
Those numbers are small enough I could build them right into the code as a
digested lookup.
By the way, if the user has lost their transaction record you can send them
to this link:
An even better idea!
It would prompt those who never update to do the update as well.
Maybe a combination of both depending on complexity.
John, your my new hero, because those ideas are both brilliantly simple.
- Brill
On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 12:02:54 AM UTC-5, John Coryat wrote:
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