Play Store and compatibility

Posted Jul 24, 2014 9:14 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: Play Store and compatibility by dgm
Parent article: Handling ARM architecture changes

> Not all applications come through the Play Store. Users routinely pass .apk files around. Just read some of the forums at xda-developers.com and you will see.

I know that but: it's "xda-developers", not "xda-users".

You cannot have your cake and eat it: if you pass .apk files around you are supposed to know what you are doing - everything is fine.

Play Store and compatibility

Posted Jul 25, 2014 9:29 UTC (Fri) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link] (2 responses)

Only the vast majority of people on xda-developers are NOT developers. Sorry, but nothing is fine.

Play Store and compatibility

Posted Jul 25, 2014 19:01 UTC (Fri) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (1 responses)

Who is installing does not really matter. This is about installing something:
- from a site which has "developers" in the name
- with quite often a warning next to the .apk
- off the official market / store => far away from the usual "incompatible with your device" warnings.

This also requires going and finding in the security settings the box called "Unknown Sources".

Not sure how many more signs you think are needed.

Play Store and compatibility

Posted Jul 28, 2014 13:37 UTC (Mon) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

I need none, of course. Just try not to get very upset when users say your stuff is "utter crap".