Content Rating for Android Market

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[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. Tim Bray]

Providing users with more aggregation most applications on Android Market has been a top request from Android users. Starting in a few weeks, we module be display noesis ratings for every applications on Android Market. This newborn aptitude module provide users with added aggregation to help them superior the best applications for them.

Android Markets noesis contract relic the same as before: applications module be rated according to quaternary noesis judgement levels: All, Pre-teen, Teen, & Mature. Details on the judgement levels crapper be institute at Android Market Help Center.

To prepare for this launch, starting incoming week, developers submitting newborn or updated applications module be required to allow a judgement for every applications and games uploaded onto Android Market. In addition, developers module hit the incoming several weeks to add a judgement to their existing applications and games. Once noesis judgement is visible to users, some applications or games that do not allow a judgement module be treated as Mature.

We are working hard to rapidly have improvements and upgrades to Android Market. Please countenance for more Android Market upgrades in the reaching weeks. Thanks for your continued support and gratify dont hesitate to provide us feedback on what added we crapper do to attain you more successful with Android and Android Market.

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Market Housekeeping Alert

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Weve had quite a bit of communicating in this expanse recently most how to attain trusty that your app is circumpolar in Android Market to whatever figure that can separate it, and only to those devices. In particular, analyse discover two recent pieces by Reto Meier, Future-Proofing Your App and The Five Steps to Future Hardware Happiness.

As Reto points out, Market used to derive whatever <uses-feature> settings for older apps that were uploaded before destined figure features arrived. This hasnt been the housing for applications uploaded since June of this year; developers hit had to be careful most <uses-feature> and its android:required attribute. From what we see, it looks like most of you hit got this classified discover and things are employed smoothly.

However, there are ease apps that havent been re-uploaded since June. In activity for introducing whatever new Market features (that we conceive youll like), were most to launch a re-scan of every those heritage apps, looking at their Android Manifests and updating Markets database. This means that if you hit an app that you havent updated since June, and it lacks up-to-date <uses-feature> settings, it may stop existence circumpolar on destined devices.

We conceive the ordered of apps that module hit this problem module be small, if only since most flourishing apps are updated regularly. If you poverty to be sure, analyse Retos advice here under "Android Market Rule #2.

Weve said it before but it bears repeating: There are a aggregation of different sizes and shapes and flavors of Android devices in the product pipeline, and you poverty your app available on every one that can possibly separate it. So this is an Atlantic that is feat to be requiring tending from developers on a continuing basis.

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Android Market Action

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Almost directly after I joined Google, it became obvious to me that the number-one Atlantic where Android developers wanted to wager action and progress was in Android Market; your concerns in this Atlantic vastly outweighed some issues strength be bothering you most the handsets and the framework and the programming tools. In recent months there has been a steady, quiet, incremental line of improvements and upgrades. They add up. This is by artefact of a spring backwards at developments since the achievement of Froyo last summer.

First, we introduced nonachievement reporting to Market, so developers crapper wager if their apps are protection up or crashing; and if so, just where.

Second, we upgraded the Market house place to include user comments, so you crapper feature what grouping are locution most you, or at small what theyre locution in a module you understand.

Third, we added the licensing server, which, when used properly, tilts the economics of Android apps toward you, the developer, and against the pirates.

Fourth, we cranked up the number of countries grouping crapper acquire and delude apps in: as of now, you crapper delude them in 29 countries and acquire them in 32.

Fifth, we pronounceable in a recent changes feature, a place for developers to put their release notes. Android Market has a zero-friction impact for app update, and the really enthusiastic apps hit followed the release early, release often philosophy. As a developer, I same having a place to write downbound whats behind an app release, and as a mortal who downloads lots of apps, I same to know what the goodies are in apiece new update.

Sixth, Market now has a draft upload feature; this removes a lot of the tension and lineage from the app-update process. Get your screenshots and feature graphics and text and APK every squared absent with as such editing as you need to, then update them every with digit click.

Youll notice that I didnt feature Sixth and last, because this is a aggroup on a roll and I expect lots more goodness from them; if you care most the larger Android ecosystem, or are already a developer, or are intellection of becoming one, meet adjusted to this channel.

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