Jumping Droid submitted (and approved) on Amazon Appstore for Android
"Amazon Appstore for Android" was opened 22 March 2011 and quickly became famous because it offers some paid Android apps for free, it allows test - drive apps before purchasing and finally because of Apple objections to use "appstore" name.
When it comes to publishing, the main difference to Google's Android Market is that all submitted apps need to be reviewed and approved by Amazon personnel. So I wasn't sure what kind of time frame I could expect from submitting to approval. I read other developers stories and it was vary, sometimes few days, sometimes weeks. Reviewers had obviously some backlog just after opening the store but later they seemed to approve apps quicker. I submitted Jumping Droid today (27/04/2011) and I'm hoping it won't be rejected :)
[Update: the game was successfully approved 04/05/2011 - just week after submitting! - Now I submitted updated version 1.3.0 and it is another week of waiting for approval. And guys not only checked the game but even corrected & improved the game description - need to work harder on my english... :)]
http://www.amazon.com/sierakowski-eu-Jumping-Droid/dp/B004Z92U8C/qid=1305134954.
AIR developers can submit their apps to Amazon Appstore without any code modifications but they have to be published specifically for it. This means that two separate apk files will need to be created - for Android Market and for Amazon Appstore. By default ADT creates apps with download URL for Android Market and Amazon Appstore requires this URL to be changed to http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=com.adobe.air.
So if you are publishing to Amazon Appstore, the adt command should be as follows:
adt -package -target apk -airDownloadURL http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=com.adobe.air -storetype pkcs12 -keystore yourkey.p12 yourapp.apk yourapp-app.xml yourapp.swf icon36x36.png icon48x48.png icon72x72.png
To learn more, visit Adobe article by Christan Cantrell: http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2011/03/air-2-6-applications-and-the-amazon-appstore-for-android.html.
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