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Re:Google Play doesn't have an API. So I built one. by Evbn on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @12:50AM (#4635101)
There are tons of Android Market website clones. How do they get their data?
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Re:Google Play doesn't have an API. So I built one. by est on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @01:21AM (#4635174)
apps are likely to be published on G Play first, then to 3rd party markets.

If an app is exclusively published on 3rd pary market, then it's likely distributed directly through apk , there's no way to identify them using a centralized way.

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Re:Google Play doesn't have an API. So I built one. by kanzure on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @02:34AM (#4635312)
> then it's likely distributed directly through apk , there's no way to identify them using a centralized way.

You can identify them via md5 hash of the apk, the "versionName" attribute and the "versionCode" attribute.

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