Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-31 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Doug wrote: > On May 30, 7:09 pm, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: >> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:54 AM, String >> wrote: >> > In any case, I would agree that expecting them to synchronize between >> > processes in real time is, um, unrealistic, but they definitely do work

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-30 Thread Chris
I already have an export to SD, import to whatever version design so even if I had to force them to install a new app it'd be easy. I'm mostly worried about what the conversion rate might be. My app is based on long-term data storage and analysis, so old users who simply can't upgrade (eg, due

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-30 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:54 AM, String wrote: > In any case, I would agree that expecting them to synchronize between > processes in real time is, um, unrealistic, but they definitely do work for > the simple case of one app being able to read the prefs which another has > written. Both apps ne

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-30 Thread String
Yes. That's why they're called shared preferences. String -- 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-deve

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-30 Thread Mark Carter
I'm not sure, but isn't it possible to directly access the shared prefs of one app from another (by the same developer/publisher)? -- 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@goog

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-29 Thread TreKing
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Peter Webb wrote: > I don't know what you would do if you wanted to transfer (say) user > preferences from the free to the paid, if that is your issue then you may > need to do something clever ... > Export to SD card, re-import from paid version. Pretty straight

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-29 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:54 PM, William Ferguson wrote: > You could offer an in-app purchase to upgrade users from your existing > free app to whatever extra capability/content you believe they will > pay for. That way you only have  a single app, single source base. > Right. But currently there

Re: [android-developers] Re: Moving from free app to a paid model

2011-05-29 Thread kaushik p
Hi guys , can you just mention any place where all the details regarding the app hosting on android market is available ? And can we host paid android apps on our website without anyones permission ?? On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > They will HAVE to download a new app.