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Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by chussad »

Wow! Never thought it will make it to the first page. Since I am new to the whole android development. Can anyone suggest how to promote this app besides advertising it/sending an email out to friends and family? I will really appreciate it.

Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by chussad »

brian_cloutier wrote: post #3

Not that it matters an incredible amount or that you can fix it now, but I highly doubt that you own rails.com . Your package name is meant to be a unique domain that you own.

Nope, I do not own that domain. However, it is interesting to know that package name should be same as unique domain. What if you do not own any domain?

Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by babebridou »

brian_cloutier wrote: post #3

Not that it matters an incredible amount or that you can fix it now, but I highly doubt that you own rails.com . Your package name is meant to be a unique domain that you own.

You don't need to "own the domain", strictly speaking, you need to use a unique package identifier. Owning the domain and using it for package naming is a good enough convention and helps avoid conflicting identifiers.

Java package naming convention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_package#Package_naming_con...

Useful Stackoverflow discussion http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6273892/android-package-n...

If you don't own any domain, get one, it will help you tons and you can recoup the cost by passing on a cup of coffee every other sunday morning.

Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by BrainScraps »

chussad wrote: post #2

Wow! Never thought it will make it to the first page. Since I am new to the whole android development. Can anyone suggest how to promote this app besides advertising it/sending an email out to friends and family? I will really appreciate it.

Some ideas for promoting the app:

Try to get linked from an official web site, whatever the equivalent of this is: http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/Mobile_Device_Schedules.ht...

That may require navigating some bureaucracy, but it may be surprisingly easy.

Also, try handing out fliers with QR codes or placing stickers somewhere where train riders with Android phones are.

You could also possibly leave Foursquare tips at every train station that you have access to. Hope this helps. :)

Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by lucaspiller »

chussad wrote: post #2

Wow! Never thought it will make it to the first page. Since I am new to the whole android development. Can anyone suggest how to promote this app besides advertising it/sending an email out to friends and family? I will really appreciate it.

Looks good. Thinks will start to pick up by themselves once you have a few reviews and download stats are shown on the market page. When I submitted one app, even though it was having downloads (it had a server-side component so I knew from traffic), the stats on the market page and publish page didn't update for nearly two weeks!

Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by zrgiu_ »

Pay a friend $100 or get someone to make an UI design for you. If you can't afford that, have a look at the popular android apps, at the apps developed by google and at free/paid themes on the internet. I don't know what's the website for the indian rails system, but if you can get them to officially support you, try to get approval to use their design style. Basically, anything works, just make your app look better :) It matters much more than you might think.

Otherwise, I wish I had this kind of app for

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