Adam, We have a back office and an API to do exactly what you need. Our solution includes a demo application that will let you define and track 'freebies' to any user. The demo is available as a free up from Android Market. Just search for "Netmobo".
On Oct 6, 8:38 am, Warren <warrenba...@gmail.com> wrote: > It sure would be great to have an API to give away apps. You could > supply the gmail address tied to an account and the application ID and > then when that user visited the market they could download the > specified app for free as though they had already purchased it. This > would be very helpful to a client of mine. > > Warren > > On Oct 6, 3:20 am,AdamHammer<adamhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, the Apks are just content providers, no activities or > > interactive services (other then the ContentResolver interfaces). So > > no place for a splash screen in them. > > > I have a ContentProvider that supplies information about resources in > > the apk file that can be accessed, each package inherits this class > > and exposes a new authority with access to new resources. > > > My first purchase turned into a return 4 hours later. I'm sure it's > > just a pirate and my stuff is already leaked to the real world. > > Luckily I didn't publish anything of great value to the market. I > > emailed the 1st purchaser a few hours after purchase to make sure > > everything went ok, and then again after the refund. No response to > > either email. > > > I'm attempting to integrate market licensing to this, that way I can > > prevent cheap bastards from doing a purchase & return and keeping the > > item and then giving it away for free. With Market Licensing I can > > also put my friends on test accounts for the time being. > > > I am thinking you might be able to let them put the purchase through > > and then give them a refund without deactivation, but I dunno yet > > because the one guy who bought it already got a refund. > > > No > > > On Oct 5, 9:09 pm, Chris Stratton <cs07...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Why don't you just put the giftee's name on a splash screen? (and > > > maybe also somewhere else, not in plaintext) > > > > On Oct 5, 9:52 pm,AdamHammer<adamhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to gift a paid app if you are the developer? > > > > > I want to gift VIA the android market. I don't want to give apk's in > > > > the wild, and I might want to use Market Authorization on the gifted > > > > apk's (although I suppose if I can just handle market authorization I > > > > can send the secure apk, I just don't want to mail insecure ones out). -- 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
