For questions related to Google's official content store for Android devices. Please note that questions related to publishing, registering, or otherwise interacting with the Play Store in a development capacity are off-topic.
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How do apps/games become featured in the Android Market?
How do apps/games become featured in the Android Market?
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How do I get play store to stop asking me to auto-update on wifi?
I have an Acer Iconia A200 running Andriod 4.0.3. Lately whenever I update an app, play store asks me (via a pop-up dialog) if I want to automatically update apps on wi-fi. The only answers I can give ...
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Android Market won't download apps and Google Talk won't sign in after changing to @gmail.com address
I have tried the suggestions here and here with no results.
Google suggest changing back to @googlemail.com, waiting two days and restarting the phone, but that hasn't worked either.
Anyone had any ...
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Is there a way to sort apps in Google's app store by size?
Is there a way to sort apps in Google's app store by size? I would like to know what are the heaviest apps and the lightest apps from a search result. For example, to search for a lightweight RSS ...
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How do I disable the Market App Fast Web Install feature in my android phone settings?
I do not quite like the Fast Web Install idea of Market app.
I use AppBrain for my app installs and it lets me manually select if-and-when I would like to install or update an app selected from my ...
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How to change the device name in Google Play (formerly Android Market)?
I have bought a new phone and need to change the old device name to the new one. How do I change the device name in Google Play (formerly Android Market)?
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Always seeing “No connection: Retry” in Android Market
I have an HTC Touch with Froyo installed that I use for app development. I haven't used it for a couple of months, and when I fired it up today I'm seeing the same error every time I launch the Market ...
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How does Android handle tablet specific apps and how do you distinguish these apps?
How does Android handle tablet specific apps and how do you distinguish these apps?
I know there are Android apps that only work on Tablet devices (they say there are currently 16) and wont work on ...
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Can my Android phone be hacked without installing permissions?
After reading this article ( Kaspersky smartphone report ) this got me wondering.
Obviously if I install a dodgy app through Play Store or directly from a website, that can be dangerous, however if I ...
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Alternative market app without country limitations
I want to download Apps from the US for researching purposes. A co-worker of mine could do that by installing an alternative Market. He did not have a rooted phone and probably got that app from the ...
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Link to app will not open in Google Play
I am using the URI format http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name> described in Linking to Your Apps on Google Play in order to open the app in Android Market or Google Play ...
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Android Market gone after emulator reboot
I have installed Android Market on Android Emulator successfully using steps mention in [How to] Install Android market on Emulator
Market is installed without any issue but after emulator reboot ...
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How to read comments to app of another country?
Google Market allow me by default to read only comments of my country (Italy). Unfortunately not popular application have only few or even no comments. How can I read comments from other country (USA, ...
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How can I rate an app in Honeycomb?
Seems like I can't find out how to do the basics on my Honeycomb tablet. How do you rate an app in the Market?
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How do I add comments to an app in the Market?
Apps in the market have a lot of comments and reviews. How do I add my own rating and comment to these?
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How to re-download in-app purchase
I've done a factory reset of my HTC One S and I re-downloaded the game Angry Birds. I had previously purchased the mighty eagle, and when trying to get it again in-game, it takes me to the play store. ...
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How can I disable shortcuts from being created after install from Google Play?
I own a Galaxy S2 with the Samsung ICS stock, and I've noticed when I download an application from Google Play (Market) it installs it and automatically places the app shortcut on the first free space ...
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Tablet Market: How to know if a game supports tablet size?
I'm shopping the android market on my tablet (TF Prime) but can't seem to find anywhere if an app/game support tablet size.
I don't want to spend money on a game that is zoomed so much that I can ...
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How to install Android Market on HCL ME X1 tablet?
I bought an HCL ME X1 tablet one month ago. Its main drawback is that it does not support the Android Market and manually installing the Android Market's APK file does not seem to work either. It ...
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Can I use the Google Market without syncing other Google data?
I have HTC Wildfire phone. I want to access Google Market, but I don't want to import any data from my Google Account.
I don't want contacts or any other data from my Google Account on my phone. Is ...
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Are Google Books DRM protected?
In some countries Google Play offers ebooks. I was wondering if those are DRM protected.
Can I export them as e.g. epub? Or are they bound to be read within the Google Play Books application?
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Buying apps and entering credit card number via 3G/GPRS. Is it secure enough?
As title. Of course using Android market and the Google Checkout payment. By the way, how about other market-like apps?
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Application stuck in “Installing…” stage in Market
I'm having the problem mentioned in the title on my Samsung Galaxy S. I updated the app Dock Simulator and for some reason it got stuck while installing. Now it shows the scrolling green bar in the ...
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How can I bulk install apps with Play Store or App-Brain?
I'm trying to restore a new device with apps from my old device, but neither Android Market nor AppBrain seems to automatically bulk install them? When I use the Execute method in AppBrain it seems to ...
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How can I use the Android Paid Market from a region where it's not available yet?
I live in scandinavia and the Market for paid applications is not available here yet. Is there any way I can enable it? Or a workaround?
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Is there a service that rates app security/permissions?
Is there a service/company/app that vets Android apps and reports on their "trustworthiness"?
I recently moved from Blackberry to a Galaxy S2 which does not have an LED indicator light. I searched ...
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Can I change the language for the Android Market website?
I've just visited the android market website from my work computer and the website is displaying in German. For what it's worth, I have an Ubuntu box and tried in both Firefox and Chrome (both ...
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Application Always Downloading
I notice sometimes an app (in this case Dropbox) is always downloading when I go into Market > Downloads. I even uninstalled it. So it doesn't appear in my application list but it still says ...
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Is there a way to prevent applications from updating when running on battery
I know you can restrict applications to update on Wi-Fi only.
Can you achieve the same thing with "update when charging on sector only" too?
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How to change the frequency of Google Play update checks?
Every day I get a notification on my Inc2 that there are app updates available in the market. Is there a way to change the frequency of these update checks? I see no reason to be prompted to update ...
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Android Market auto restore apps not working
After some problems I had to restore my phone. Before doing it I had enabled the option of google's security copy. Now I've linked my google account and market does nothing, it doesn't restore apps. ...
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Where does the Play Store store the apps I am currently downloading?
I was downloading Facebook from the Play Store awhile ago when the phone suddenly hanged up so I forcefully shut it down by removing the battery. Now when I re-boot Facebook is no longer in the queue ...
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How come some apps won't download from Market?
I have a rather odd thing happening to three apps in the Market, all free. I tried to install Google Maps and Angry Birds Seasons from the market, but the downloads or installations failed and now I ...
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How to detect that an app is linked to Play Store or not?
Previously, Android Market didn't show Uninstall button for apps which aren't installed using it. So, this button was a nice identifier of linking status. Now, Play Store displays the button for every ...
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What does “discover known accounts” permission mean?
I am not sure what an app can do to me if it is able to discover my account, to what extent?
Thank you very much.
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How can I add the market to my device? [duplicate]
I have a white Pandigital Novel that I hacked to run Android 2.1. The firmware I have did not come with the market. Is there a way I can put the market on it? Is there a "market.apk" somewhere?
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How does Google Play determine the region on a tablet without SIM card
I know Google Play uses SIM card to determine the region on cell phones. And I know Market Unlocker and Market Enabler.
How does Google Play determine your region on a tablet without SIM card?
And ...
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How to display comments from devices that I don't own?
It is now possible to filter the comments in the Google Play Store using the devices you own as filter. Is it possible in some way to filter comments by devices that I don't own?
I am trying to ...
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How can I fix Android Market app's “Allow Automatic Updating” checkbox after it hid?
I ran into a really weird problem (bug?)
In Android Market, when looking at a specific application's info, the first area in the lower white half of the screen is "Updates", containing "Allow ...
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How do you get Market to work when Android is Unable to Access Android Market?
Right now I am using HTC Hero, having firmware Android 2.1 and I have attached VODAFONE, India SIM-CARD in this phone, and also having Wi-fi connectivity.
Whenever I try to "sign-in" to ...
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Is there a way to download applications from the Android market for offline installation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to download apk file on PC from market?
Is there a way to download an Android installation package from the market so that it can be installed offline at a later ...
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How can I turn songs from Google Play Music into ringtones?
Is there a way to easily use music from Google Play (the service formerly known as google music) as ringtones on my phone?
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Why does Google play show a “no connection: retry” error?
Recently I bought a Spice MI 280 with Android 2.3.4, I downloaded apps from the Android Market like App2sd, Task killer, Soundhound etc.
A few days ago Android Market was upgraded to Google Play and ...
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Why do the “Successfully updated” notifications disappear?
I noticed a weird behavior when updating applications with the newer Gingerbread (2.3.5?) and now Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) builds. It might also be the case with other versions, but I have not seen ...
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Market enabler not working (anymore??)
I own a MIUI-powered HD2 and a Chinese tablet on which I would like to install a couple of free apps that are intended for Italian market. I can see these apps from an A500 tablet but not from these ...
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Apps' update status in Market app not always reliable?
So this is kind of a two fold question but it all falls under the same umbrella of update status reliability and might even be caused by the same factor.
First, this morning I saw that my Logitech ...
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Android Market on Google TV not working after update to Google Play
I have both a Sony and a Logitech device. Yesterday I opened the Market from my Google TV and it immediately began updating it to Google Play. It looked like was not updating for very long time but ...
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Problem purchasing android apps
I bought humble bundle for PC, which comes with some games available on android market, played the games a bit, uninstalled, then I went to market and wanted to buy a second copy of OSMOS HD, but it ...
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How to download apps without a wireless data plan
I bought an i7500, no data plan. I had assumed that connecting to my router would allow me to download apps from the marketplace; apparently not. I get a message about not being able to connect via ...
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Can I see what apps I own that have been pulled from the market by developers?
Last year I purchased the app grüvtron by Sound Trends LLC. Presumably they later removed the app from the google play store / market. Their website used to have a "buy android version" but now only ...
