[android-developers] Re: Amazon AppStore, are you earning something from there?

My Amazon sales were about 1/30 of my Android Market sales. That may
sounds like it's bad, but considering that its US only and probably
less than 3% of the devices out there have the Amazon AppMarket
installed on them, it's not bad.

On Jun 5, 12:32 pm, Spooky <spooky1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 4, 11:32 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Android Market coming pre-installed on most devices, Amazon's
> > app having to be manually installed, and sideloading disabled
> > on AT&T devices are also major factors.
>
> Just FYI, if by "sideloading" (a term I haven't heard before),
> you mean loading from outside of the Android Market, there is a
> fix for that bug (I know...but as far as I'M concerned, it's a
> bug, as is the unwanted screen lock that keeps popping back in
> despite the no-lock widget, and the utterly useless Global
> Unplug, which I end up destroying every time my phone reboots).
> Sorry...back to the topic now....
>
> I'm using this work-around to test the app I'm working on, since
> my PC isn't up to the task of running the virtual device.
>
> First Settings-->Applications-->Development-->USB Debugging must
> be checked.
>
> Second, use adb to install the app:  from the command line, run
> it as:
>
>     (23:13) $ ./adb install appname.apk
>
> (I don't actually run it this way...I have a Zsh alias set up, so for
> me,
> that would be:  "adbinstall appname.apk" which, for a bit of added
> security (habit) uses its full path, and adds a -r to replace the
> existing
> copy.)
>
> For those who already know this, sorry about the redundant post,
> but I got the impression that this may not be as widely-known as
> I thought.
>
> Obviously, if you load and run a 3rd-party app that manages to
> get some authority on the system and trashes it, you're on your
> own....
>
> Later,
>    --jim
>
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