because I just go to 4shared and such places, download apk files, and use apk installer to load them on my phone. Is this what is considered sideloading?
This belongs in the q&a. But to answer your questions third party apps would be apps not made by google themselves and yes that is side loading
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gokrisgo said:
This belongs in the q&a. But to answer your questions third party apps would be apps not made by google themselves and yes that is side loading
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In the actual meaning of the word a third party application is an application that is not made by the software manufacturer of your OS. Anything that is made by it (for instance google maps, gmail, gtalk, etc.) is considered a first party application. Technically all market applications and sideloaded applications are third-party, however App-stores have brought up a new class of applications: second party because they are sold by the first party but made by the third.
Thanks, and I never thought to put that question there, now that I see this, its like duh!
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iphone has app store and has an underground app store where non permited aplications are and one for jail broken one.
the point iam trying to get across is stuff like p2p apps and skype apps....etc wil not be comeing to the android market so will there be an underground app store?
or is there a few already out there?
theres slideme, but its not really an underground apps store, more like an alternative app store, i like it because you can download an application manager and download from the site directly, and there are some 3rd party sites; dont forget the phone is still fairly new give it a few months and there'll be 3rd party sites everywhere
I searched around the web for a while before posting this. Couldn't find my answer and I'm embarrassed to ask....but I suppose there are no stupid questions
where on my phone are the 3rd party apps installing to?
Thanks
found it!!! data/app
my bad!
I just want to know what are non-market apps and how do they differ from market apps?
I don't understand the concept. Are these apps that are NOT available from the market? I mean apps that are not included in the market at all? like lets say some guy made an app and posted a .apk file online but its not available from the market. is that what non-market apps are?
or are these apps that are not available in my country (as we know that there are country-specific apps now and some apps are not available in canada and are available to download in europe etc)?
Please explain. dont just say yes or no. thanks
Yup. Non market apps are usually from the internet, not the market (hence the name) and you just install them using astro or a similar file manager, if you have non market apps enabled.
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Does anyone know of a way I can block the market from my toddler? He just figured out how to buy apps and every time I look at my phone he has a new one on.
I'm thinking of making a script to copy the market apk somewhere and another script to restore it so I can use it when I want, but is there another way?
Wouldn't it be easy if you sign in with an google account which does not have credit card linked to it?
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Ahhh..
My generation played with Light-Brights , now toddlers are buying apps from the market.
How about Airplane Mode?
Or something like APN on-off, and just kill the wi-fi connection.
This might not be the solution you're looking for, but if you use a third party launcher (LauncherPRO, ADW Launcher, GO Launcher, etc) you can hide the market icon, and showing it again is only a few clicks away.
It would stop him from accessing the market unless he finds out how to show hidden apps . Plus third party launchers can be a lot of fun, they add a lot of features and customization.
Why do you even let your kid use your phone?
Try DroidWall
Try DroidWall, I am using it to block my Market.
Zoodles KidMode is an app that locks the phone into a kids area, so they can only access age appropriate games and videos in a sandboxed environment. Might be worth investigating. It would mean they couldn't access other games on the phone they might be used to, but out does protect the phone somewhat!
You can get it for free on the market.
Mike
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Hi,
We have a very special idea about a new Play Store alterego. We would display Android apps in a dedicated app just like AppAware, 1Mobile Market, AppSales, Appsfire, but in a special way. However, we don't know if we can display the apps without the developers' permission.
Do these apps scrape Play Store for data and display the apps without the permission of the developers or do they ask developers if they can use their apps? Considering these apps provide users with thousands of apps, I don't think they mail all developers.
What do you think? Can this be done? Is there a risk that a developer sues these apps for using his app without his exact permission? These apps have 500,000-1,000,000 downloads which mean they are very popular.
Note: we won't offer direct download of apps. When they click on an app in our App they will be directed to Google Play.
Thanks,