My Flash App in App Store & Android Market

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I have all but given up on the android store, the mindset on there is to never pay for anything. "All apps should be free" is the general mentality of an android market user. At first I thought it was just the attitude of an android user but after having decent success on the Amazon App Store and great success on the NOOK store I just think its the market and the no review system, its hard to get noticed with all the junk apps floating around and all the users expecting everything to be free.
As a side question to the original poster or anyone to whom this may pertain, why do people make quality, ad free apps? I dont get it, whats in it for them other than good vibes from the users? I understand free ad powered apps, and free lite apps but I can never figure out why people will use their talents and time to make an app thats totally free and has no ads? Anyone?

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My first app in Apple app store & Android Market...

I've been building a large multiscreen app in Air for boating that's quite involved - it's been about 2 years in development. I realized that I had no experience getting apps into the varous app stores so I made a small app and released it to the Apple app store and Android Market. It was accepted in both places within two days.
When you drop an anchor on a boat for an overnight stay, it's very useful to know that the anchor isn't dragging along the sea floor. If it is, it's a bad thing. It needs immediate attention before you end up grounded, tipped over ashore, or worse. Many navigation systems have an anchor alarm but they are often at the helm and away from the sleeping areas. As with most things, your anchor is most apt to drag in the middle of the night when you're asleep since that is the worst possible time it could happen.
DragQueen is an anchor alarm that detects if your anchor is dragging. Running on your phone or tab, it can be seated right next to you while you sleep. If it detects any dragging, an alarm goes off and wakes you since there's almost no question you'll hear it.
Amazingly there have been 3,000 iOS downloads and yet only 400 Android ones. It has 12 reviews on iOS with eleven 5-star ratings and one 4-star. Strangely on Android it has two ratings, a 1- and a 3-star. It doesn't freeze - I fear there is some game playing in the Android world. I have not asked anyone to put up a fake review on iOS. I've gotten dozens of emails of people actually using it on their boat including a couple of people who had the alarm go off and now owe me a beer.
DragQueen is free on both platforms. It was a great learning experience. It took much more time to get it into the stores than to write it (maybe 10 hours of development time versus at least 2 full days learning about the signing, submission process, store processing). I'm looking forward to finishing the more major app for desktop, iOS, Android, PlayBook, and SmartTV. It too will be free.
I did uncover a bug in Air/Android - you can't detect a deactivate when there is a geolocation update loop in process. As a result, you can't turn off the GPS when the user switches out of your app. I submitted the bug in bugbase but there hasn't been any action on it yet.

I have all but given up on the android store, the mindset on there is to never pay for anything. "All apps should be free" is the general mentality of an android market user. At first I thought it was just the attitude of an android user but after having decent success on the Amazon App Store and great success on the NOOK store I just think its the market and the no review system, its hard to get noticed with all the junk apps floating around and all the users expecting everything to be free.
As a side question to the original poster or anyone to whom this may pertain, why do people make quality, ad free apps? I dont get it, whats in it for them other than good vibes from the users? I understand free ad powered apps, and free lite apps but I can never figure out why people will use their talents and time to make an app thats totally free and has no ads? Anyone?

I need to publisher my app on android market apple market

I need to publisher my mobile app on android market and apple market my hosting services is over sea

871038 wrote:
My oracle apex on a hosting company, so how can I publish on Android or Apple?Other than by using PhoneGap linked to above, it's not possible. The app stores only accept native apps developed using the relevant SDKs.
Developing a write-once, run anywhere web-based mobile app frees you from this and any other restrictions imposed by app store owners.
Update your forum profile with a real handle instead of "871038".

I have a problem with my keyboard in Flash App on Android.

I have a problem with my Flash App on Android, this app requires installing Adobe Air on Android before running. The keyboard pushing issue has troubled me for a while however I can't find a solution.
As you know, while triggering any text box, the keyboard, no matter built-in one or others will push the screen up to a few then you can see what you are typing. However, on my app, when I trigger the built-in keyboard, it covers the half screen meanwhile I can't see what I am typing.
Could anyone can give a light so I can completely this problem for 2 years? Is this something I can do with action script or Flash?
Thank you.

If you have a suggestion or answer feel free to leave a message as I will continue to check back here. Thanks.

Am i allowed to publish an app made with the AIR 3.5 SDK in the app-store yet?

Hello,
Am i allowed to publish an app made with the AIR 3.5 SDK in the app-store/android market? Im quite confused about this since AIR 3.5 has already been released yet the SDK remains in Beta.
I know that in the past it was not allowed to publish an App with an Beta-version of an SDK.
Can anyone clear this up for me?
Kind regards,

AIR 3.5 beta removed the watermark, and I actually released an app to the app store with the beta version. I'm not sure if Adobe intends to continue with this for future releases or if it was just for iPhone 5 stuff that needed to be released quickly. AIR 3.5 is currently out of beta though and was actually updated today, so feel free to use it to submit apps to whichever app store you would like.

App store does not have irctc application ?

I was looking for IRCTC application (used for booking rail tickets for Indian Railways) for iOS and couldn't find it. I was using it on my HTC One X (android) earlier and its been a pretty handy and useful applicaiton to have. Its a free app in Android Market and would like it to be available for iOS as well. Here is the android market link --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hobby.night.irctc&hl=en
Can this be made available for iOS as well in near future ?

You are NOT talking to Apple here. We are all fellow Users like yourself who offer to help each other. You would have to contact Apple to ask that. We don't know the answer to that obviously.

New Android Market

Has any one have gotten the new android market on the droid incredible 2

Yes. See the existing discussion.
http://community.vzw.com/t5/Android-Apps/NEW-ANDROID-MARKET-3-0-27/td-p/605786

Why won't Flash 10.1 install on Android 2.2

OS: Android 2.2
Model: Droid X
System Version: version.2.3.15.MB810.Version.en.US
I just updated to Android 2.2 and downloaded Flash 10.1 through the Android Market.
The application appears to download without issue; however, when the install initiates (automatically), I receive an "Installation Unsuccessful" error.
Any ideas why??
Thanks,
zfallow

Hi, We need our Mac helper:-) I would look in the Safari plug-ins to make sure the SWF vs 10.1.53.64 is listed and Enabled. This Control works with the Flash Player files.
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
eidnolb

Are there any non-game Flash apps in the iPhone App Store and Android Market?

We all know flash can make some pretty nifty games. But I'm wondering if there are any non-game flash apps (adobe AIR) out there in the AppStore and Android Market. What I'm looking for are Flash apps with
1.) forms (textboxes, checkboxes, submit buttons)
2.) scrollable content (such as news feeds long enough to extend past the screen)
3.) grid reports (data shown in a table format)
I'm wondering if these are possible in flash or if it's better to go with java/objectiveC.

It is definitely better to build apps with objective-c. There is not way to say something different.
However, you can build a lot of apps with flash, but they will not have the same feeling of a native apps.
On some instances it might not matter, but even the rotation is different (and in a lot of cases weird)...
You can't access very important features as alerts and though videos show that the next air build will improve speed a lot it is still a little different.
BUT
it is great that you can develop with Flash and if there are more improvements in the next couple of weeks and month it should become more efficient and valuable. For now it is too limited in comparison to objective-c which is sad, since I think that a lot of tiny tweaks could easily be eliminated by Adobe, but to me all current builds look like they have been published far too early and without real world testing (which –again– doesn't mean it is not possible to do a good app). Actually I think that the speed of the apps and systemintegration (game center, alerts, etc.) makes it better to produce everything but games.

How can I publish a tablet size only app to the android market using Flash CS5.5?

I've developed an app to run on a tablet and would like to sell it in Googles Android Maket. I uploaded the .apk file to the android market however, the settings indicate that the app will work on small to large screen sizes.
Is there anyway I can specify that the app is only suitable for large (tablet) size devices? I believe there are some tags in the <manifest> section, which I think must be part of the .apk package Flash creates.
<supports-screens
android:smallScreens="true"
android:normalScreens= "true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true" />
Can I alter these tags manually somewhere or is there some other way to specify the device size?

If you publish folio as Public/free then it will appear in app library and users can download folio and read folio content. You can test folio in ACV.
If you publish folio as Public/retail then it will only appear in library once associated in-apppurchase is approved by Apple. You can test folio in developer.ipa.
Woraround: You can create test app and keep title id as your application account in whch you published your folio and test developer.ipa. If folio is working fine in test app then publish it in LIve app.

Selling on apple app store and android market at same time

I am trying to understand how it is possible to sell on the apple app store and android market at the same time? It seems there is a product ID per .folio, but if there are 2 different product ids for each store...how can I sell them?

You can use the same Product ID to sell the same folio (or the same folio renditions) in different stores. For your retail folio, use a lowercase Product ID, such as com.publisher.publication.monthyear. For the App Store, you specify this Product ID when setting up your in-app purchase. For Android Market (and later Amazon Appstore), you specify the same Product ID when setting up your in-app billing. When you publish the folio (or the folio renditions), you specify this same Product ID.
In my opinion, selling iPad 1024x768 folios on Android is problematic because the content will be scaled and letterboxed. Your customers will have a better experience if you set up renditions, such as 1024x768, 1024x600, and 1232x752. That way, your Xoom customers will get the 1232x752 folio, your iPad customers will get the 1024x768 folio, and your Fire/Galaxy Tab 7 customers will get the 1024x600 folio.

Open Android Market and Apple App Store from AIR Mobile App

I have two versions of my app, one is free and one is paid. I want to show links to paid version in the free version of the application. I want to open the link to the paid app directly in the market or app store. How can I do that?

Here is what I had used on a lite version of one of my apps, when you click that it opens the native app store app and links right to the app you want to sell to the users.
function fl_getFullVersion(event:MouseEvent):void
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pop-goes-the-bubble/id452505669?mt=8"), "_blank");
So swap your app name and id and thats your link for itunes.

Flash CS5 to ipa to App Store Desperate For Help

For 2 weeks I've been trying to publish a free convert apps I made in CS5 to the Apple App Store. I made it for Android, published it and got it on their Marketplace in mere moments. I then changed the coding to touch instead of click and got ready for the iOS Adventure.
I can't seem to find any solid step by step tutorials for this, all of them seem to be missing a part.
Steps on PC so far:
1. Paid Apple $99
2. Downloaded OpenSSL-Win32
3. Made certificate signing request
4. Got developer .cer
5. Made .pem file
6. Made .p12 file
7. Created AppID and Provisioning Profile
8. Transferred profile to iPad
9. Publish .ipa in CS5 using Developer Profile and .p12
10. Transferred to iPad and voila
11. Used same certificate signing request to get Distribution .cer
12. Made .pem
13. Made .p12 Distribtion file
14. Create Distribution Provisioning Profile
15. Exported in CS5 using Distribution .p12 and Provisioning
16. Made profile on iTunes Connect and converted .ipa to ,zip
17. Realized there's no way to upload .zip from a PC
18. Dropped $1300 on a Mac
Steps on Mac so far:
1. Deleted all .cer files and provisioning profiles from Provisioning Portal
2. Used Keychain to generate new certificate request, developer and distribution provisioning profiles and .p12 files
3. Exported Developer version of CS5 .ipa, installed on iPad, works great
4. Exported Distribution version of CS5 .ipa
5. Used Application Loader and got "Unable to Unzip Application"
6. Changed .ipa to .zip
7. Double clicked .zip - Opened Payload Folder - Right Click - Compress
8. Used Application Loader and got "Application Failed Codesign Verification"
I've read books, watched videos and none of them seem to mention a concrete step by step process of going from Flash CS5 to the App Store. I have a feeling my Distribution profiles/certificates are the problem, but I can't find a solid resource to show me how to make them that actually works. Thank you so much to anyone who can help me, after 2 weeks of this I'm pretty tired of Apple.

Hi,
I thought this was a good resources:
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=133
There is also an AIR mobile devices forum over at:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/air
if you don't have any luck in the Flash forums.
Regards
Chris

Does anyone have any idea when Apple will have one Global App store. In South Africa the apps available on the App Store are pathetic, eg. Angry Birds is not available to Iphone/ipad users here, however android users can purchase this app no problem.

If this continues, with the competition in the smart phone/android market, South Africans will start to can Apple devices due to the pathetic App Store for South Africa. The most popular games and Apps are not available here and until Apple get smart and make a Global Store for purchases not matter where you are in the world, Apple will continue to loose support. I have everything Apple, but am tired of the run around to try and buy good Apps.

If you will allow me to say so ... Calm down.
It really isn't the fault of Apple. The developers of apps, the writers of music and of books all have copyright or exclusivity deals through agents in order to market their creations.
These arrangements are usually conducted on an individual national basis and as a result what would be allowed in one country is not allowed in another if that is what the agent wants.
Apple has to negotiate through this mire to get the best deal it can yet always accepting that many other interested parties want similar privileges.
So you can see, like politics, world wide agreements are just not possible.

Making apps for googleplay & android market place

Can i publish a DPS app built in Indesign to the googleplay store or android market place?

Kirru wrote:
That is interesting. I'm gonna add another question.
If i rather not have the apps I pay for from the android market place added to my bill and I want to pay out of pocket directly, is there a way to do this? i.e. like the App Store from Apple, it bills to my card through iTunes rather than being billed to AT&T.
On my G1 I have the option to purchase any apps with my credit card or towards my bill. Surprised Verizon doesn't offer the credit card feature.

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