prevent me from uploading an app of mine which also published in Google Play.
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GoogleCodeExporter commented
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. publish my
app(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.faywong.wifihelper)
of version 1.1 on Google Play store(upgrade from version 1.0 to version 1.1)
2. upload my app of version 1.1 to auto-update-apk.com using my registered
google account(which is used to publish my app)
3. the web prompts that you can't upload it.
As in my country, it's not allowed to access play.google.com, so i need to
deliver updates through auto-update-apk.com.
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the updated version of my app be accepted by auto-update-apk.com. but
absolutely it's not the case
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Android.
Please provide any additional information below.
The screenshot of the failed case is attached.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by wangfei2...@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2014 at 11:16
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GoogleCodeExporter commented
Since April, 2013 Google has banned self-updating Android applications from
Play Store, https://play.google.com/intl/en/about/developer-content-policy.html
clearly says, "An app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or
update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play's update
mechanism".
You were supposed to agree with that when signed up with Google Play Store.
Our server will give an error message when you upload an application that is
already present on Google Play -- this is intended behaviour and won't be
changed anytime soon. If you would like to distribute your application in your
country, you have to change the package name to a different one and then upload
the .APK to our server.
Original comment by lenik.terenin on 19 Jun 2014 at 7:37
- Changed state: WontFix
GoogleCodeExporter commented
OK. I got it. Thanks for your detailed clarifying.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 3:38 AM, <auto-update-apk-client@googlecode.com>
wrote:
Original comment by wangfei2...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2014 at 3:02