good to know that we are not alone. :) I have reported this issue through Android Market support and hoping they could fix it soon...
On Feb 21, 8:31 am, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO > > I had users talking about these Force Close issues yesterday and I was > scratching my head for a long time :O :O O > > Thanks man! > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:20 PM, focuser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi fellow developers, > > > Recently there is a new option "Copy Protection" in Android Market > > Developer Console. We thought that was a nice protection on us and > > turned it on. Then here comes the impact: our app was no longer > > listed & downloadable on ADP, and *MUCH WORSE*, those who can > > download have experienced severe force closes when the app starts! We > > have confirmed this by just downloading&running the app before and > > after that option is turned on. > > > I have no idea what mechanism Google uses to implement that option, > > but it seems they are changing the apk -- the application size is > > larger when the option is on. > > > Seen from the exception trace, it seems it's related to an issue that > > I reported > > before:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > It seems the resource is screwed up. Basically findViewById returns a > > wrong thing, and in turn you get either NullPointerException or > > ClassCastException. We are still not able to use an ant script to > > automate the build&sign process, which triggers the bug and gives you > > a corrupted apk. However, exporting an unsigned apk using Eclipse and > > signing it manually works with no problem. > > > What a bug,... we have lost 5000+ users due to this. Google should > > have tested more carefully it before making it available. > > > Hope this is helpful > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
