Re: [android-developers] Why are Android apk on Google Play market bound to a Google Account?

2013-12-27 Thread TreKing
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Heshan Perera anthonyheshanper...@gmail.com wrote: Let's say I published a paid Android app to Google Play for selling. Let's say user A pays for and installs it. Now user 'A' can extract this apk from his device and freely distribute it to other users, who

Re: [android-developers] Why are Android apk on Google Play market bound to a Google Account?

2013-12-27 Thread Kristopher Micinski
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 3:33 AM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Heshan Perera anthonyheshanper...@gmail.com wrote: I know the advice to tackle this situation is to request an online login but, for an application that does not require web connectivity

[android-developers] Why are Android apk on Google Play market bound to a Google Account?

2013-12-26 Thread Heshan Perera
Let's say I published a paid Android app to Google Play for selling. Let's say user A pays for and installs it. Now user 'A' can extract this apk from his device and freely distribute it to other users, who will not have to pay for it anymore. Hence, as a developer, I lose out. I know the

Re: [android-developers] Why are Android apk on Google Play market bound to a Google Account?

2013-12-26 Thread Kristopher Micinski
FYI this is why full app encryption exists in Jelly Bean. DRM is a moving target, you could always imagine a user which roots the device and copies the APK out of memory (though this would be pretty technically involved...). So while no perfect solution exists, full app encryption definitely