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Can I install Google Play and run Android apps on my iPhone or iPad?
iOS and Android are two different systems. The only way to run Android Apps on iOS would be with an emulator.
There exists a project called iphodroid. It has a Google Code project page. The last upda …
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Auto-update security
It's not documented somewhere. But only updates that don't change the permissions are done automatically. If there is a change, the update will have to be done manually.
But of course there is no gur …
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How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?
Background
Only Android devices that are licensed by the Open Handset Alliance contain the so called Google Apps. Usually people associate apps like Google Maps, Google Play Store, etc. with Android, …
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How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?
I have recently installed a custom ROM and cannot find the Play Store. It seems like all apps that belong to Google are missing.
How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Andr …
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I can't install or update Apps from Play Store: Error 905. How to fix?
Suddenly (after a Play Store update?) I can't install or update any Apps. I always get error code 905 when I try to do so. How can I fix this?
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I can't install or update Apps from Play Store: Error 905. How to fix?
Uninstalling all Play Store (Market) App updates fixed it for me.
Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All tab -> Google Play Store and uninstall the updates. This will leave you …
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Is there a way see if any of the apps on my phone have updates available?
Open the "Play Store", hit the context menu button and select "My Apps". This will show the list of installed Apps on the device and possible updates for the Apps.
See this question, ff you have Apps …
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How to rate an app in Android Market on a tablet?
The first versions of the Android Market on Tablets didn't have an option to rate an App. Rumors are that Google wanted to prevent bad ratings on Apps, because they weren't optimized for tables (yet). …
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How to keep Apps, that are banned from the offical market, up to date?
Sadly, a few fine Apps are banned from the official Market by Google (e.g. Transdroid): How can I keep those Apps up to date, without visiting the project sites regularly?
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How can I update the Market app on my device?
New versions of the Market are rolled-out by Google automatically (and there is a slight chance that you never see the new Market, but I don't think that this is true for the Desire S). So the best th …
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Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device?
The Android Market has various filters which are applied to the apk in order to find out if the App will run on your device. The most obviously one is the Android version you are on (also called the S …
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Which apps show up in the market on an Android tablet?
Since the answer from gsteinert is a little bit outdated, I will try to give an update:
tl;dr
Apps on tablet will go to the same filter process as apps on phones on the Market.
Apps that appear on …
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Is there any way to filter out Tegra-only games?
Not with the original Android Market, as there is currently no option that would allow an developer to specify the App as Tegra (required|optional) in the app's manifest.
Maybe some alternative marke …
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How can I stop the Android Market from showing bad/naughty apps?
The Android Market has an included content Filter, which should filter most of these Apps. Ratings are
Everyone
Low Maturity
Medium Maturity
High maturity
Android 2.3 and lower
Open Android Mark …
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Does Voting on Market Comments Have Any Effect?
I can not tell for sure but I think that voting helpful and unhelpful affects the sort order of the market comments, at least in the web version of the Android market. I see many comments that are old …