My app named iFreeMovies is a simple list of youtube movies. It's not a playlist, it's searches the movies that orders in a list and you can watch them in youtube player api v3. Using an open source imdb api you can also get some informations in a webview. Unfortunately today I get this mail:
REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of the intellectual property and impersonation or deceptive behavior provisions of the Content Policy. Please refer to the IP infringement and impersonation policy help article for more information.
Your app and/or elements of its listing on Google Play, including title, description, logo(s), or promotional screenshots must not include unauthorized usage of protected works belonging to a third party.
Your app icon and promotional screenshots must not contain images that appear confusingly similar to existing products.
This particular app has been disabled as a policy strike. If your developer account is still in good standing, you may revise and upload a policy compliant version of this application as a new package name.
This notification also serves as notice for remaining, unsuspended violations in your catalog, and you may avoid further app suspensions by immediately unpublishing any apps in violation of (but not limited to) the above policy. Once you have resolved any existing violations, you may republish the app(s) at will. Before publishing applications, please ensure your apps’ compliance with the Developer Distribution Agreement and Content Policy.
All violations are tracked. Serious or repeated violations of any nature will result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts. If your account is terminated, payments will cease and Google may recover the proceeds of any past sales and the cost of any associated fees (such as chargebacks and payment transaction fees) from you.
If you feel we have made this determination in error, you can visit the Google Play Help Center article for additional information regarding this removal.
I don't understand. So since I'm not an expert developer, in order to learn, I would like that someone clarify me what's happened. In particular my great question is: What's the reason? The logo, the name, the company name ( I wrote Tuxmind as nickname) .
Help me to figure out, please!
I'm betting it's either you using YouTube images or the name. Apple has a habit of pulling this with alot of inames
I use YouTube thumbnails in the list. It's a possibility offered by YouTube api v3. So Could I change the name from ifree movies to free movies and solve the problem? But I will loose my users. Sigh!
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Well I'll be honest. The title free movies is miss leading. All your app does is give you a list of YouTube videos. The name implies they could download those movies which is illegal.
Thank you for your answer. Then Free streaming movies or Free Underground Movies... Or something Like that you can't refer to download some Giles. Isn't it?
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Thank you for your answer. Then Free streaming movies or Free Underground Movies... Or something Like that you can't refer to download some Giles. Isn't it?
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See your app doesnt do any of that. It doesnt stream movies, and it still implys that you can get movies for free.
Your better off with something like Youtube list or something along those lines.
Watch Movies Tube?
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Using a name that is similar to any other brand would get suspended. For example "iFreeMovies" imitates the Apple brand; "Youtube List" or "Watch Movies Tube" would imitate the YouTube Brand.
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Was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on using the Android Licensing copy protection in their apps? Do you use it and do you spend a lot of time on it or have any creative ways to help enforce it?
As we all know any kind of drm will always be cracked but I just wanted to know if people found it worthwhile to have..
I'm using In-app-billing, because I found that even licensed apps can be copied.
And yes, all apps can be cracked eventually, but most of the publishers of cracked apps remove them if you ask to. So that's what I'm gonna do!
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I don't like license checks that force you to be online, but I do like to have 'something' in place...
Recently I started working with some OEMs in India who wanted to pre-load my apps on their devices. Very exciting obviously, but I didn't know if I could trust them as I'd never heard of them.
So what I did was get the app to load a web page on one of my servers off the screen (9000%x...) so that it couldn't be seen. The page it linked to was empty, but if I wanted to I could modify the code to include a redirect that would send it to another page. Then in my 'onPageOverride' event I just said if URL = 'stopapp.htm' then do whatever it was I wanted to do.
What I actually have it do in that event is to fill the entire screen with that web page. The user then can't interact with the app underneath, but they get a message that I can create at the time saying 'This app has been illegally distributed' or whatever else I want to say. I can even forward them on to the download page if I want this way.
This works well too because if the user isn't online, the page just doesn't load and nothing happens. But if I want to stop offline use as well I can save a file in File.DirInternal and have the app check for that. 'SwitchOff.txt'. They get caught once, then they can't use the app.
Obviously this doesn't work quite like a license check, but what you *could* do with it is to have the app pop up with a message to people using an old version that's not updated. That's probably downloaded off of some file sharing site, so you could then just keep pestering them to 'update' and send them to the Play Store to do so. You can also check how many of the users on that version of your app are legitimate by looking at your Play Developer Console.
One thing to note is that the redirect URLs you use will need to be different in every version of your app that you release.
Hope this helps someone! I wish I'd done it sooner, one of my apps is all over the web grrrr...
pretty much the same as what I'm doing atm except I just ping a server in the background and display a popup if the result meets certain conditions.. I don't disable the app either as I can't be 100% certain it's pirated, instead I display a "scary" popup saying if they're using a pirated copy this is illegal etc.. your average user won't know how the popup was generated so it should be enough to make them think "someone" is onto them and go the proper route.. With the added bonus a genuine user can just press ok and carry on using the app
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Currently, none of my apps use licensing.
For one of my paid apps, about 5% of the downloads are from non-Google Play sources, meaning, I'm not seeing any revenue from those 5%.
There is an Android API, that allows developers to see which platform their app was downloaded from. So, I've been thinking about adding that hidden feature to my apps and maybe do something fun with it. But, haven't got around to it yet. My thinking has been that if somebody downloaded a pirated copy of my app, then they probably weren't going to pay for it in the first place. And, hopefully, they will tell their friends about it and maybe one of them will actually purchase it through Google Play.
I already have all my licensing code in place and commented out. Since my app is pretty new I want to see how it does before adding licensing. Since the app is free and income is from IAP its not too bad. I'd only turn on licensing in the next release if I see a pressing need for it.
Currently, none of my apps use licensing.
Hi XDA Community
I stumbled across this website: http://androidreviewnetwork.com/
which promotes exchange of App reviews, but still under construction.
Here's my idea:
1. "Android HRE" will post a link on the blog
2. You download the app from Google Play
3. You HONESTLY rate the app
4. You post a link to your App in the comments
5. "Android HRE" will HONESTLY rate your app
6. Do the same with other user's apps
Do you think we can do this?
HONEST ratings to keep it REAL and HONEST, no 5 stars if the app doesn't deserve it!
I've created a blog in order to do this:
http://androidhre.blogspot.co.nz/
Thanks!
Suggestions? Ideas?
Suggestions? Ideas?
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Well I have tryed different webs for app reviews exchange but the best one is appreviewss.com by far.
Is free, totally fair exchange and really easy to use.
Good luck!
Have you tried ExchangeAppReviews Android app. Its available on playstore.
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Sorry to interrupt but it looks like this thread has some issues...
1) this thread has nothing to do with any app
in the OP. Its an app forum, not a "discussion" forum like you have here.
2) some of you are promoting it and similar sites (its obvious who you are). Some of you even have really obvious names.
3)some of the sites posted are XDA like or complete shams like getappsreview. You don't need to pay (ridiculous amounts of) money to get app reviews when they have them on Google Play and every other app store in existence for FREE.
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REAP - Review Exchange & App Promote
REAP - Review Exchange & App Promote
It's a free android app to help developers and promoters to get:
- Unlimited installs for their Apps
- Rates with your chosen value ( e.g : 5*)
- Comments with your determinate keywords ( e.g : review exchange)
- G+ shares
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kitar.reviewexchangeandpromoteapps
Your link doesn't work
today I submitted an update for my movies app. I dont know if I can link the app, but basically it is similar to the more pupular MovieMate. My app allows the user to browse movies, read descriptions, add them to watch list and so on.
The update was rejected since according to the useless guys at google I'm violating intellectual property, while all the other movie apps on the play store apparently are ok. It frustrates me since I put in MONTHS of work for this app and got very few downloads in the first month. And now i cant even submit updates.
The data is fetched through TheMovieDatabase and I give them credits both in the app and in the store description. The API are explicitly saying that I'm ALLOWED to use their information for commercial purposes.
Now I want to appeal. What should I write to the google guys to get the update accepted?
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today I submitted an update for my movies app. I dont know if I can link the app, but basically it is similar to the more pupular MovieMate. My app allows the user to browse movies, read descriptions, add them to watch list and so on.
The update was rejected since according to the useless guys at google I'm violating intellectual property, while all the other movie apps on the play store apparently are ok. It frustrates me since I put in MONTHS of work for this app and got very few downloads in the first month. And now i cant even submit updates.
The data is fetched through TheMovieDatabase and I give them credits both in the app and in the store description. The API are explicitly saying that I'm ALLOWED to use their information for commercial purposes.
Now I want to appeal. What should I write to the google guys to get the update accepted?
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Tell them to give you the reasons WHY they rejected your app, then, you can work on fixing these reasons.
This is from the email
I reviewed Movie and Tv suggestions, com.dcs.shows, and had to reject it because of an unauthorized use of copyrighted content. If you submitted an update, the previous version of your app is still live on Google Play.
Here’s how you can submit your app for another review:
Remove any content owned by a third party from your app. For example, your app contains: several images of movie posters like "Mad Max & Suicide Squad" in the phone screenshots and within the app experience. Affected Translations: en_US
Read through the Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Content article for more details and examples.
Make sure your app is compliant with the Impersonation and Intellectual Property policy and all other policies listed in the Developer Program Policies. Remember that additional enforcement could occur if there are further policy issues with your apps.
Sign in to your Developer Console and submit your app.
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this my app: github (dot) com / fermatijoe / shows2
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This is from the email
this my app: github (dot) com / fermatijoe / shows2
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Okay, these movies are copyrighted and you can't use them unless you have permission. To be honest, if you start such a big project that requires 2 months of coding, at least read through the rules before posting it.
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Okay, these movies are copyrighted and you can't use them unless you have permission. To be honest, if you start such a big project that requires 2 months of coding, at least read through the rules before posting it.
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What about the other 1000 apps that do the same thing? Look for Movie Mate on the play store. The first screen is a huge Mad max poster. And the appe is paid and has milions of downloads.
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What about the other 1000 apps that do the same thing? Look for Movie Mate on the play store. The first screen is a huge Mad max poster. And the appe is paid and has milions of downloads.
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Really? That app has copyright allowment.
Dear all
I install some android apps. They usually ask me to watch ads or install others apps to earn free credit. I want to know more about those applications and how do they work. For example, The app ask to install a game app to play until level 3 to earn credit. My question is How do the app know if I install other app successfully and even know when I get to certain level inside other app. How?
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Dear all
I install some android apps. They usually ask me to watch ads or install others apps to earn free credit. I want to know more about those applications and how do they work. For example, The app ask to install a game app to play until level 3 to earn credit. My question is How do the app know if I install other app successfully and even know when I get to certain level inside other app. How?
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They just put advertisements of sponsors and tell their users to download sponsor's app. The user downloads and runs it. When user does this, the app runs silently behind and track properly whether you installed that app or not. After confirmation they give you money. Simple.
Actually.
There is something called Dynamic Linking.
According to certain algorithm in the Sponsers server , when ever you click a link to watch videos , or download apps
You get a url which is only unique to you.
For video it is simple , after watching a video , it redirects you to a new url .
When the user visits the spicific url , this means that the user has watched the video completely , without watching completely , you cannot get to that url.
But for apps , there is something called Dynamic Addressing.
The Server changes a specific text file which is modified inside the apk within the server before you download it.
The text file has a url unique to you and changes with everytime we download
Once you download it , the app at backdoor visits the link.
When the link is visited , the server confirms that you have downloaded the app. It then sends the sponser a signal and then you are given money..
As Simple as that
Cheers
So How do the app check to see if we reach certain level in the game?
Hello
I'm not a developer but I'm in the process of creating specifications to find a freelance developer to create an app that will be on the Play Store. =)
I'd like to have your insight to see if my application is "possible" regarding the compatibility of various smartphones under Android BUT ALSO regarding the rules imposed by Google for an application to be available on the Play Store.
I want to make an app where you enter the URL of a website, the app will crawl (background task) the site that can have 10,000 pages for example. And the app checks if there are dead links on the site (404 pages, sites that are no longer available etc.).
The app must therefore visit all the pages of the site entered by the app user, with his IP and from his device. It must make all these requests in the background throughout the day.
Does this seem possible ?
Does this sound acceptable to the Play Store rules ?
Do you think it's feasible on the vast majority of Android smartphone models in the world (Nokia, Oppo, Samsung...) ?
Thanks a lot for your help anyway