On Wednesday, 11 April 2012 12:47:30 UTC+1, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Iain King wrote: > > Everyone who releases a > > free version seems to do it by releasing two different apps - I'd rather > > avoid that if I can. > > Then use in-app purchasing. Only distribute the free app, and have the > app upgrade itself to paid (e.g., unlocking features) if the user buys > the upgrade through in-app purchasing. > > The separate free/paid apps are for cases where you do not want to use > in-app purchases for the upgrade, and for apps written before in-app > purchases existed. > > -- >
> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ > On Wednesday, 11 April 2012 12:47:30 UTC+1, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Iain King wrote: > > Everyone who releases a > > free version seems to do it by releasing two different apps - I'd rather > > avoid that if I can. > > Then use in-app purchasing. Only distribute the free app, and have the > app upgrade itself to paid (e.g., unlocking features) if the user buys > the upgrade through in-app purchasing. > > The separate free/paid apps are for cases where you do not want to use > in-app purchases for the upgrade, and for apps written before in-app > purchases existed. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ > That would work, but I don't like the user experience: their first interaction at the store is to see "Install (Free)", and then their first interaction in the game is to see "Buy me now!!!". I take it you're confirming that Google Play doesn't as yet do what I was asking? If so I'll probably go down the two-app route, (and go post a suggestion to them). Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
