Questions tagged [google-play-store]
For questions related to Google's official content store. 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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Can't buy any paid apps on Google Play store, shows "An error occurred. Please try again."
On my Nexus 7, I keep getting
An error occurred. Please try again.
Over and over when attempting to buy any paid apps on the Google Play store. It works fine for free apps, but always returns this ...
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Why do apps on the Google Play Store have com. at the start?
When you get an app from the play store, the apps are always given in this format (For example):
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.king.candycrushsaga
I'm not interested in the main URL, and ...
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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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Is it "safe" to provide users with the apk file?
I was wondering, if I have an app that is available on the Play Store, is it "safe" to provide a direct download of the apk file to someone (either signed with the proper keys, or just debug-version)?
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How to pay for my kids apps?
Here is the story. I have two kids (5-7 years), they have their Android tablets... and I have the credit card. I have created two google accounts, each for one tablet. I want to buy apps for them, but ...
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This item cannot be installed in your device's country
I bought my phone in Germany, used it for a while in several different countries, then recently moved to the US. For several mainstream apps (e.g. Google Wallet, Google Voice, Yelp, my bank's app) I ...
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How do you link to applications in the Android market? [duplicate]
When posting app links, I'm always using a link on Cyrket or AppBrain -- becuase I can't get a link to anything in the official Android Market.
But I have seen some links out there for use w/ Android ...
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How to stop Play Store from auto-updating itself?
How can I stop Google play from automatically updating to the latest version? I tried deleting my hosts file but it's not being deleted. My phone is rooted.
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Any way to stop ridiculous translations in Google PlayStore?
Most of the translations are nonsense in Google Playstore. Looks stupid, amateurish and most of all they are annoying.
Words by words meaning nothing! My mother language is finnish and Im using ...
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Is there a way to clear your Google Play App history? (Not the search history) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove apps from “all downloaded” in Play Store
I'm looking to see if there is a way to clear the actual history of installed apps in Google Play, as ...
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Is there a minimum app price at app stores?
Is there a limit on minimum app price? I ask as I never saw any app less than .99 in any app store (apart from free apps). Can an app be like .49 for example in Google or Amazon app store?
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Allow auto-update of only a single app [duplicate]
Is it possible to auto-update selectively? For example, if I want to allow an anti-virus app to update, but no others. Can this be done? Android 4.0.4
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Why do some of my apps show "Update" and some show "Update (manual)"?
When I go into the Market app and into my downloads list I can see that 5 of my apps have an available update.
Three of the apps say "Update" in orange, and two of them say "Update (manual)" in dark ...
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What is a "Top Developer" in Google Play?
When I see "Top Developer" in Google Play, what does that mean exactly?
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Does Google still have the ability to uninstall apps without user permission (in 2023)?
In the past, Google has admitted that they have the ability to uninstall apps without user permission Exercising Our Remote Application Removal Feature
This post is almost 13 years old, Android was at ...
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