Splitting android application in to two 'branches', free and paid.

Posted by Alxandr on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Alxandr
Published on 2010-05-04T00:20:22Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 0:28 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 632

Filed under:

android

|

android-market

I've developed an android-application that I'dd like to put up on the marketplace. However, I want to split it into two separate applications, one free (with ads), and one paid (logically without ads). How would I go about doing that? I'm not wondering about adding ads (I've alreaddy managed that), but how to take one existing android-application (eclipse-project) and split it into two without having to create a new project and just copy-paste every file one by one (or in batch for that matter). Is that possible?

Btw, I use GIT for SCM, so I've made two separate branches, one master and one free, but I need to set some cind of config-value that makes shure that the market separates them as two different applications.

Also, when a user 'upgrades', is it possible to copy the db from the free app to the paid one?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about android

Please verify my layout: bottom button keeps coming up over keyboard

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi everyone, I have a layout which does almost what I want. There's just one bug regarding the button at the bottom. I should stay at the bottom at all times. But whenever I bring up the soft-keyboard the button will be displayed above the keyboard. This is not what I want but it should become covered… >>> More
Android programming. Application stopped unexpectedly.

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I've just created a prototype of interface for my android app and tried to run it. Unfortunately I get an error that my app has stopped unexpectedly (my reputation doesn't allow me to post images so follow my links): screenshot of error message This is layout mode of editing. Everything looks as… >>> More
Listview Row Overlap Problem

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I just updated my app and I am getting some odd complaints from people who update it. I am only getting complaints from people with non-stock android phones (phones that manufacturers have modified...HTC phones, cliq, pulse, etc), other phones like the Droid, Nexus work fine. My app (Photo Frame Deluxe)… >>> More
Why are some of my view not aligned correctly at the bottom of my relative layout?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have problems getting some of my views aligned in a relative layout that I use inside a row of my listview. Here is a screenshot from the layout builder in Eclipse, this is what I think it should look like: The next image is from the emulator. Now the TestTestTest View is at the top and covers… >>> More
Android RatingBar weirdness: Whenever I add a RatingBar to my layout, a bunch of the generated tags,

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Whenever I use a RatingBar view in my layout, I suddenly get all kinds of compile errors. I'm using Android 2.0, but I've also tried 2.0.1, and 2.1, without joy. I also get a message: Shader 'android.graphics.BitmapShader' is not supported in Layout Editor, and an odd warning which may or maynot be… >>> More

Related posts about android-market

Android market going down the drain?

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
<b>Ian's Thoughts:</b> "You can search the Android Market for the following keywords and see quite a bit of content that I feel shouldn't be available to customers, and definitely not to children: nude, sex, porn, 18+, adults only, boobs, the android market seems to be turning into… >>> More
Why AdMob’s reported iPhone and Android market shares are inflated

as seen on Dot net Slackers - Search for 'Dot net Slackers'
AdMob, the mobile advertiser that was bought by Google some months ago, has released its latest market share figures for the mobile browsers.Their main findings have already been discussed extensively: Smartphones are on the rise; 48% versus 35% last month. Feature phones are falling quickly; 58%… >>> More
How to link paid app user account to the system ?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi guys, I have an issue related publishing the paid app to android market. (My application is internet connection based app.) If I've put the app to the android market, can user who bought the app pass to anyone ? How is its security (I mean safe of .apk file) ? Also, what is payment tool of… >>> More
Does the android market use your merchant API callback URL during the Google checkout process for pa

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
If I have a paid app on Android Market, will my merchant API callback URL get a hit when the customer goes to check out? I am wondering how merchants/vendors/developers secure their applications for android market. I have used google checkout before to implement a custom integration, so I understand… >>> More
Launch market place with id of an application that doesn't exist in the android market place

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, I am creating an application that checks the installation of a package and then launches the market-place with its id. When I try to launch market place with id of an application say com.mybrowser.android by throwing an intent android.intent.action.VIEW with url: market://details?id=com.mybrowser… >>> More