<kamathajith@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone encounter a situation where you had to place an app, with in-
> app purchasing to pro as well as yet another "paid" entry on the
> Android Market ?
>
> We currently have a free app with an upgrade to pro option available
> via in-app billing, and the product team wants to create more
> "discoverability" for the app by asking for another entry in the
> market as a "paid" app.
Probably a bad idea. A new app will have no apparent connection to
the existing one, and will have 0 users/0 rating. Try to change their
mind :)
You have basically two choices:
* a full featured paid 'pro' app -- easy. You might have to think of
a way to migrate any data from the free app, and ask people
to uninstall the free app, or make sure they can co-exist
peacfully
* in the current free app, check it the pro stub/license app
is installed, and enable pro functionality if it is. You need
to check if both are signed with the same key too, otherwise
anyone can make an app with that package. Downsides:
people need to have two apps installed, and one of them
does nothing (you can make it a 'shell' that just starts the
original/free app).
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