Is DPS really necessary to create an Android app?

Is DPS really necessary to create an Android app? I ask because I'm trying to create my first app and a colleague of mine bought DPS but then cancelled his subscription because he found a tutorial that showed that all he needed was InDesign (he's running CS6 on a Mac but I'm running CC(2014) on a PC running Windows 7). When he selects a folio in the Folio Builder and then selects the options dropdown in the top right hand corner of the box he has an option to 'Create App' but for me that doesn't exist. Can anyone explain this please?
I have so far managed to upload my folio to the DPS Dashboard and from within that I have published it, tested it on my Android device using the 'Adobe Content View' that I downloaded from the 'Google Play store' and I've also exported my app from the DPS Dashboard as a .zip file. What I can't do (or don't understand how to do) is the next bit. How do I get from the .zip to an app with its own icon. Do I have to purchase a DPS account to go any further? Also worth mentioning is that I don't want to upload this app to the 'Google Play Store' as I only intend it to run on a few tablets.
Thanks,
Joe

Thanks Bob, can I also ask...am I right in thinking that a single-folio app cannot be created for Android? What I want to do is simply have a single page view divided into six areas and clinking on one of the 6 areas plays a video full screen and then at the end returns to the page showing the six videos...nothing fancy!
Thanks,
Joe

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Do I really have to create two separate Apps for Ipad1/2 and iPad3?

Hi there DPS-Team
I want to create an iPad-Magazine using the DPS. I read all the stuff about the alternate layouts and watched the videos on the channels. Now I ran into what I might call a problem for that I couln't find a solution yet. With my creative cloud membership I can create unlimited app using DPS...but I simply cannot create one app that supports iPad 1&2 + iPad 3 display resolution???
Here in that article that I ran into where you suggest NOT to create an only iPad3 version: http://blogs.adobe.com/indesigndocs/2012/03/guidelines-for-creating-folios-for-ipad-3.html
- So if I want one issue of a magazine to be iPad3 compatible then I have to create another app?
- Or how this works? I have no expierience in how that looks in the App Store. But does Apple show both versions of the same App in the Store?
- Does the user see both versions of my App in the App Store or only one depending on the version of the iPad he posseses?
- Do I would have to create a diffrent icon for the SD as well as the HD-app so reader could choose in the App Store?
Example: All my apps on my iPad2 of course have 1024x768 but when I recently syncronized the iPad3 with iTunes then I automatically get the update-Info over the App Store icon that I can update the new version of the App optimized for the Retina-Display.
I mean that is a simple feature that nearly all apps are offering. Of course if I would not use the DPS I would have to again hire a developer and pay him for updating my already published app...but at least he could resubmit it supporting both resoutions.
I hope you are getting my point here. That is an important feature that should be build in no matter if I am a Single Edition customer or Business or Enterprise one. If you would do a catalog or something else for your client, he sees that all his apps on his iPad are updating according to his new device. But the catalog app that I did for him not. He would ask why can't you build it that way for me? I would have to explain him: Sorry I cannot create both version in one app, you and your clients have to download two versions of your app if you want to have it look nice. That is not a very good selling argument for me.
I really have to say that if there is no workaround, I am a bit disapointed because it does not make sense to create two seperate apps of the same app. I really would be happy to receive some helpfull advise on how to get both resolutions supported and when that is going to happen or even better...I misinterpreted the whole thing.
And please: NO I don't want to upgrade to business or enterprise edition!
Thank you for your words of advise, opinions and help.
Regards
Sushil

Dear Bob,
I will try that out. But do you see any chance in the near future that when you create an article out of InDesign, that you can then add multiple layouts with different resolutions? Then I wouldhave one article that contains iPad SD&HD as well as V&H.
So that would be a time saver. Create only one folio that already have the different resolutions covered. I only would have to work with one article inside folio-file for all the devices. Just a thought.
Thank you for your quick response.

When creating an Android app in DPS App Builder, why do I not have the option of "Multi Folio with Amazon Subscription"?

The only option available is Google Play. Why is this happening?

I found a folder with an old APK file that worked. I wish I could edit it because it has the wrong splash screen attached to it, but at least the app is working. I wish I could have the app back in app builder and be able to edit that. I understand that you all aren't going to support these Amazon Subscription apps but we have current subscribers and they may have a full year left. We are stuck with an app that we still need to use until their subscriptions are up before we can make a change to how our android user are going to receive their magazines. Adobe should allow some sort of support for this type of situation. Now I have an app with a bad splash screen that looks completely unprofessional. Is there anyway to recover the file in App Builder? Is that what you were referring to or were you just referring to the APK file? I do appreciate all your help and attention to this.

I have created an android app from adobe flash cs6 .The app opens on mobile device except on nexus 7 which has lollipop version? Is there any way to open my app on that device?

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Dear Bob,
I downloader a VLS Streamer from the Apple app store. It requires some kind of helper software to run, which, as far as I can tell from the video at the developer's site, allows one to download content from one's mobile device to their computer. Since I don't have a compatible computer for my iPad to link to, the instructions don't help my situation. I emailed them with my query and will probably hear from them sometime this week.
I've lived with this problem for the 3 months I've had my iPad, and I'll keep after it until I have a solution. But right now, I've run out of steam. If this lead helps me to resolve my issue, I'll come back and HELPFUL or RESOLVED every response you've given. I'm very grateful for your help. Sorry I'm so utterly clueless.
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If you have a licence for Master Collection you should have the info about what it contains.
A few moments on Google took me here: http://www.ecostsoftware.com/adobe/adobe-creative-suite-cs6-master-collection-mac_p5565?gc lid=CNzN5MbKmLoCFXDJtAodWDoA3w
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I kind of don't understand at all, why you even answer, if the only thing you are saying in this disucssion is that it's too ambitious and that I'm stupid even asking.
Saying the project is overly-ambitious is a great answer to your question. In post 5 you clearly valued that answer enough as to be giving up on the project.
I didn't say you were stupid asking these questions, it's more a case of asking questions you should be able to answer yourself without too much trouble.
I still think that with your current level of understanding, takling this project with no experience of any programming or web technology is overly ambitious. Start small and build on that.
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If we upgrade to a Professional Edition DPS license can we create an unlimited number of Single edition apps for iPad, iPhone and Android devices?

I work for a organisation based in Sydney and we have a team license for creative cloud (single edition).
We have been producing single folio apps for the iPad and want to continue this through 2015.
At the moment we can only create apps for the iPad platform. If we upgrade to a Professional Edition DPS license can we create an unlimited number of Single edition apps for iPad, iPhone and Android devices?
We do not need multi-folio apps as we are not a publishing company.

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Matt
I work for a large organisation based in Sydney and we have a team license for creative cloud (single edition).
We have been producing single folio apps for the iPad through Indesign and the App builder. We now want to produce apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
If we upgrade to a Professional Edition DPS license can we create an unlimited number of apps for iPad, iPhone and Android devices?
We are not a publishing company so we will produce a small number of the apps. If you could get back to me with a solution and approx price that would be great.
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DPS android app for small screens, works, but poorly...

There is a way to get the DPS android app compatable with 1400 devices, including mobile phones.
In theory if you here reading this its because you have an android app made by the DPS app builder live in the play store and...
A: found out that the android app is only available on large/xlarge screens
B: are getting yelled at by your employer who bought the Adobe DPS subscription and claims this should work on his phone "because I looked at the Adobe site and it says android, my phone is an android, read their site and make it work"
C: found this because you were smart enough to read through the forums before suggesting this as a publishing solution to your employer and want to know if it really works on android phones, in whcih case, you may want to make it easy on yourself and just say "no, it does not" and then waid for Adobe to officially support small/normal screens perhaps head over to this post and bring some attention to it so we can collectivly improve this already awesome tool: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1097433
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1- it does not work well, if at all, on certain devices. specifically the small phone devices with the slower processors. So what typically happens is that you need to delete the data for the app and wait nearly 10 min for the "checking for updates" to process and grab new edditions. Depending on your serivce provider, this can be a nightmare. So, do NOT even attempt this if you have a cap on your data plan, think about how long it would take to download a 100mb folio file on a 3g connection, not to mention the processor which the tablets have and phones do not have.
Here is some more data:
--Android 1 from Sprint: really super slow, thats all I gotta say
--Android 2 from Verizon, again, slow, but works
--Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1, Verizon 4g connection, works great, (10% of the time) lol. about 90% of the time the Galaxy Nexus needs to be restarted after installing, and will get stuck on the "updating library" screen. the only way to fix this for any of the above phones seems to be to clear all data, uninstall, re install, do not launch, restart phone, and then launch app.
I am going to test the following soon:
     Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 (1.6GHz Quad-core)
     (1.5GHz Quad-core)
          LG Optimus G E973
          Xiaomi MI-2
          LG Optimus 4X HD P880
          HTC One X
(the idea being that perhaps we can go through the list from google in the play store and limit the devices its on, but at least with this solutuon as described below we can get rid of the "not availabe on your device" notice.)
So before you read on, consider that for your end users. If you find a way to fix this, let me know, I have considered turning off hardware acceleration but have not tested this yet.
2- if you choose to attempt this make sure you have a good understanding of command line AND you have a new version of the app ready if you want to roll back.
consider this concept: (you should have these ready)
app a- made by Adobe DPS app builder, works on only large and x-large android screens, lets say its version 100000 and 2.5.5.000. This is already in your google.play store account as a live app,
app b- the app you are about to build in this example below, it will in theory work on small, medium, large, and x-large android screens, lets say its version is 110000 and 2.9.9.000 (it will be MADE FROM APP A, you will open it, edit it, and wrap it back up.)
app c- made by Adobe DPS app builder, works on only large and x-large android screens, lets say its version 200000 and 3.5.5.000 (which would be good to have in case your version b above does not work the way you want)
notice the VERSION codes. These are important because you can only go UP, you can not "roll back" to a previous version.
Again, I do not suggest this, but if you are daring and have some development background, feel free to give it a shot.
(I am not going to be able to support this info, but I can verify 100% that I got mine working, very poorly and slow, but it installs, pulls folios, and loads)
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install it
get this:
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read all about it.
go here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/list
get:
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and the
          release.keystore
you made and put them in the same "stuff" folder. there should be 20 items total in here now.
get this:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u30-download-1377139.html
          jdk-6u30-windows-x64.exe
do NOT use any other version, do NOT use version 7, use version 6.
install it all. then find it. should be here- (C://program files/Java/)
I recomend grabbing it all and putting it in your ROOT like this:
C://Java/jdk1.6.0_30/bin
then, put everything from the "stuff" folder into C://Java/jdk1.6.0_30/bin
yep, all of it.
now we are ready to get funky...
run cmd line.
open start menu, type
cmd
into the search bar, hit enter
-------- run command line, get to proper directory
cd ..
cd ..
cd Java/jdk1.6.0_30/bin
(or wherever your 'stuff' is)
--------open up
apktool d android-viewer.apk android-viewer
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--------edit XML
in file: /android-viewer/AndroidManifest.xml
open up in dreamweaver and change this stuff:
android:versionCode="_ENTER_NEW_NUMBER_" android:versionName="_ENTER_NEW_NUMBER_"
<supports-screens android:smallScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" />
in file: /android-viewer/assets/META-INF/AIR/application.xml
open up in dreamweaver and change this stuff:
          <versionNumber>_MATCH_ABOVE_</versionNumber>
          <versionLabel>_MATCH_ABOVE_</versionLabel>
<supports-screens android:smallScreens='true' android:normalScreens='true' android:largeScreens='true' android:xlargeScreens='true'/>
--------package it back up
apktool b android-viewer android-viewer-new.apk
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--------Sign
jarsigner -keystore release.keystore -signedjar android-viewer-signed.apk android-viewer-new.apk YOUR_ALIAS
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--------Verify
jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs android-viewer-signed.apk
(if the last line does not say 'successfully verified' and there is an error, make sure you are using version 6 of JDK and not 7)
--------Update APK in play store
Visit this page
http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/about/distribution.html#instant
read the line that says "Instant publishing, instant updates"
while you do, understand you are being lied to, it takes anywhere from 30 min to 4 hours for your update to be "instant".
take the new "android-viewer-signed.apk"
rename it, upload it, activate it, de activate the old one.
important: beofe you click save, switch over to the "product details" tab and update your version notes.
head over to your app page in the play store.
sit there and click refresh every 10 min or take a nap and come back in a few hours.
when you finally see the version number has updated, go to the browser on your phone
find your app in the browser, refresh the page, make sure its got the new version number on it.
install it on your small screen device, cross your fingers, and hope you do not get a message that says "not signed properly"
if you do, feel free to start googling the stuff above to see where you went wrong.
If it does work, go to your boss and have him download it and run it and say "see, there ya go, its on your phone now" and when he says it does not work hand him a minni screw driver and a 1.6GHz Quad-core from the Galaxy Note II and tell him to simply upgrade the procssor in his phone because its too slow. lol.
-good luck and enjoi

Hi,
This is very interesting. I'm not an expert but i could do almost all the steps, but i can not do the sign step. i dont know where my release.keystore is. i created a .key.p12 file, is it?
I'm trying to do this for a Galaxy SIII
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