Friday, February 4, 2011

Re: [android-developers] In app billing...

On Friday, February 4, 2011 1:03:26 AM UTC, Mark Carter wrote:

I can't see a nice way to do it. The best way I can think of is to introduce in-app billing to the Lite version and convert the Pro version into some kind of "pro key" token app. The Lite version would check for existence of this "pro key" app (and validate) if the in-app-upgrade had not been purchased.

Does that work?

I'm not sure it does, actually. Consider your existing Pro users, most of whom presumably don't have the Lite version installed. When you convert Pro into (in your words) "just a marker app", all these users will lose the functionality until they go download the app formerly know as Lite. They'll also end up with both items in their app list unless you go through some shenanigans with hiding the Pro token app; I say "shenanigans" because you can't afford to hide it for users who don't have Lite installed. That's a PITA, I know, I've done that kind of thing. And in any case, you're likely to annoy and confuse a good percentage of your existing paid users.

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