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[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Yep I'm getting them today too. My email is going flip side with cancellations.

It doesn't help that people keep publicly posting the methods of how to hack the apps.

I have my suspicions of what's happening and its just childishness.

see Y'all on the (Kick)Flip side
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
I've emailed vin personally so hope we can get some info on this issue.

see Y'all on the (Kick)Flip side
[Android Apps and Games] r_soares:
Hey, I'm having this too. I think it's the same person or a few ones who's buying all of ours skins and then, cancelling the order but keeping the skins. At least for me it's the same postcode from US.
[Android Apps and Games] Sir-Lancelot:
If true and someone is stealing what basically amounts to the cost of a pack of gum that's pretty low. Few things in life I dislike more than a thief.

Hope you guys can get it sorted out.

// Lance
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Well, Android provides a licence check functionality for all android apps. Check it out here. But it is too complicated for me to setup. :(

When I was on Google Merchant, I could see some people buying and cancelling app purchases everyday, one after the other. One cancel is fine, two is fine. But when the same person buys and cancels 4-5-6 apps, you know they are stealing. And there's nothing you can do about it. Then Google switched me over to Wallet and now I can't see even that - who is stealing my apps.

(fyi, if someone sends you a mail for support, you can still run their email id through search in Wallet and if they've bought your app, they'll show up. Else a pirated app user is asking for support.

Yea, that happens. People using pirated apps do send support request mails from time to time. And sometime asking for APK. Just yesterday, one guy mailed me some 12-13 time asking for the APK.
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
yep looked into the license check too and thought the same. I've noticed that each of our apps have a store key which you need to put into the manifest and the license check code etc. what's funny is we only get that key once we upload to apk to Google so then if I'm not mistaken we would have to then redo all our apks and include its individual store key.... which kind of makes the first upload poitless and leads to a long process lol.

I might be wrong but that's the impression o got and it is a little confusing and this was my previous posts point. if we had developed this ourselves then it would probably be a simple implementation. Hope someone figures a simple solution.

p.s I think vin has disappeared forever lol
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
OK this maybe total speculation but........ are we sure its users that are cancelling recent skins!!! I've got a small feeling it could be Google actually cancelling the orders on our or buyers behalf?

Theory 1

the sudden big jump in cancelled orders are all coming from 1 location and seems to be in regards to my skins mostly always the same apk ( crypzion ) but some of my others too and with a partial address indicated in merchant centre and I read somewhere that if a buyers address or some payment details doesn't match up with their Google account details or something !!! their order will be cancelled. Is Google auto cancelling the orders on our behalf ??

theory 2

I'm sure I also read something that if an app doesn't contain some security file ?? then the order will be cancelled to protect the buyer !! Are we now needing to add some extra file into our apk builds ??

I'm not a dev so know little about any new Google necessary files being needed and only briefly noticed the above things whilst skipping through random pages.

Anyone know anything ?

theory 3

this is my belief...... some cretin on xda has read the how to pirate a uccw which has been posted many many times and is now milking it and pissing us all off lol.
[Android Apps and Games] Kr@zY_J:
Can somebody assist pls? As far as the analog clocks I never really used them in my uzips before but im currently messing with a few ideas. Not having luck with the hands tho. I made a few and when I go to use them on hour and minute it tweaks them in a direction that doesn't.reflect the correct time? Is there a certain way to go about.using hands besides the default hands to make the.work correctly? Tia for any guidance :thumbup:

Sent from a ReJeCtZ phone, while fighting in JellyVerse, and being attacked by The Terror Squad.
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Hi. Yes you need to create the hour and minute hands as if the time was 15:15 so they are both at 90° your hands should look in this position and A end should be central posisitioned and B will be the indicator. Hour hands are normally a little shorter than minute hands.

Hour

[A] --------->

Minute

--------------->

Hope this helps.

see Y'all on the (Kick)Flip side
[Android Apps and Games] dgwood12:
Out of curiosity, what countries are everyone making available to purchase their skins. I live in the US and selected all available countries to sell to. Thinking about it now, I'm worried come tax time that I will have to file some weird way due to selling to another country. Anyone know much about this?
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
I too have that question. But I would guess we need not pay taxes to a country where we are not residing. I might be wrong.

I have a question of my own. If any customer sends mail to Google complaining about an app, under any circumstances, will Google give my phone number to them? I have received 2 phone calls in last one month from users asking for refund. Where can they get my phone number from?
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Woah now that's a scary thought baggy. I think you must have included your phone number in your account somewhere. Im sure I left my number blank. As for taxes the price we submit includes taxes I think and is taken out of the final amount we receive of payment !! Might be wrong but also I'm sure when we set up our dev accounts it asked how much we estimate on revenue and certain amounts are excluded from taxes ?? So unless you are earning above a certain total from your sales I'm sure we are not in danger of the taxman cometh lol.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Yes, phone number is a mandatory field in dev console.

Dev console > Settings > Account Details. Here, phone number is a mandatory field. If I remove my number from there, it doesn't let me save. Google says this is why -

We ask for your phone number so that we may contact you should any problems with your published content arise. Please note that we will not sell or distribute your number to any third-party.

But is google giving out this number to complaining customers...!!??
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Im gonna go check my account because im sure i never put my phone number in. About google giving out your number Mmmm I'm not sure mate,I would contact Google and complain. If they have given your number out then I would get in touch with a solicitor because they state they will not distribute to anybody.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Android Apps and Games] kgill7:
quick question, can users have the option to edit/change image1 through an apk uccw skin?
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Don't think so, sorry

Still K!ckfl!pp!ng strong
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Funny story. Google sent me last month's payment thrice. I thought "woo-hoo. extra money". But nope. It later deducted the extra money from my play store balance and now I have a negative balance there. :P
[Android Apps and Games] jqcaffeine:
I ran through this process and attempted to install my skin on my own phone. The installer installed correctly, but when it attempted to install the actual skin, I get the following "Parse error": "There was a problem parsing the package."

Does the skin need to have a later version number than the installer or something?
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
I've never used the installer thing so I don't know,sorry.

MokeeOs Flying
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Go to src/your/app/package/name/MainActivity.java of the outer apk project and note down the value that you have for this -

private static final String UCCW_TEST_SKIN_APK = "NAME.apk";

Now, make sure the apk that you place in assets folder also has the same name as in the above line. (NAME.apk in the example)
[Android Apps and Games] jqcaffeine:
That was it! There was nothing about it in the original tutorial, and I followed it like a blind lemming. Thanks for shedding that light for me, Bagarwa.
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
I didn't understand any of that lol but thanks. :)

MokeeOs Flying
[Android Apps and Games] shahrukhraza:
Oh and just to put this out there for those who don't quite get the instructions in the op

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjjLiIHeRn0

Its goes pretty slow so it's pretty easy to understand what you have to do.
[Android Apps and Games] motrinHD:
can't get the colors to stick on the battery bar. the uzip works but the apk I made out of the uzip, doesn't hold the color.

I can change the color but when I go back to home screen they change back, same goes for the battery %. is this a bug or just me?

static texts and shapes I have on the same skin, work normally.
[Android Apps and Games] Dakota0206:
Here are my latest UCCW widget designs. They are inspired by a couple I saw on mycolorscreen. Download are available in the link. Hope you like it! http://bit.ly/12Grrht

Occasionally the weather icons don't show up for day 3 and day 4, but then it fixes itself. Does anyone know what causes that?
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Very nice.

However you might want to post in the uccw theme thread for more attention. This is the apk support thread really.

regards.

MokeeOs Flying
[Android Apps and Games] Dakota0206:
My bad, I had this one book marked because I have been working to learn eclipse. and build some apk skins.

Can anyone point me to where i need to be to build a paid apk, I had an apk working but when I put it in the market it wouldn't show up in the availalble skins, and the apk file size was 0.
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
No probs,This is the thread for all uccw apk skins talk. Read through the thread and follow exactly and you should be OK. you have probably just overlooked some point.

MokeeOs Flying
[Android Apps and Games] motrinHD:
so has anyone had problems with the battery bar? like I mentioned?
[Android Apps and Games] Dakota0206:
I am more than happy to read through. thank you. I have an apk built with 6 skins, and i have it working on multiple devices. The next step is putting it in the market. My quick question is... Do I need to do anything different to make it a paid app. I find this part a little confusing.

I have a developer account and a merchant accound setup. I have the Base64-encoded RSA public key to include in my binary. This is where I am a little confused, and didn't have any luck finding tutorials.

As you have probably figured out from the sheer noobness of this post, this is my first app in the play store. Any help is greatly appreciated, and I would love purchase an app from anyone that can help me get mine posted.

EDIT:

For a paid app, do you have to use the installer?
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Yep, I've seen this too. Battery colors I set in my skin before exporting don't stick in the apk skin. Changes made to it in uccw apk skin editor also doesn't stick. I've reported this a month or so ago. But I'm guessing Vin is a little busy with life; as we all are from time to time. He'll surely fix it when he has time. :fingers-crossed:

Paid theme apps downloaded from play store on jelly bean devices get weird encrypted and don't work. As a workaround, Vin gave us this installer, which is like a capsule containing your skin's apk. You upload this installer to play store, users download it, run it and install the skin contained within.

Do this -

Build the original skin apk. Sign it with your keystore.

Put it in the assets folder of the installer apk project and build this installer apk. Sign this apk too with the same keystore.

Upload it to play store via developer console.

If you don't wanna juggle the 'hassle' of building two apks for every skin, you can always build only the first apk, upload that to play store and mention in your app description on play store - "Jelly bean users - mail me for apk fix".
[Android Apps and Games] Dakota0206:
Thanks, I am good with all of that, and will upload both versions.

I am reading through the whole thread (currently on page 10) but am I right that you don't need to do anything else to upload a paid apk?
[Android Apps and Games] motrinHD:
ah, thanks for replying. I kept thinking it was something I did wrong.

just to clarify the colors don't stick when you give the user the option to change then? I made the same batter bar skin in black and white, but no option to change the colors and they came out as intended.
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Errr... don't upload two version of same app. Google doesn't like that. That apparently violates their "spam" policy.

Yes, no special ingredient for paid app. Same process as free app.

I had the battery color set to gray. But when I built the APK with the exported skin, the widget shows red. I had made that color editable before exporting. So, user is able to edit it just fine in uccw apk skin editor. But when they hit back to exit or turn hotspot mode on, those battery color changes don't stick.
[Android Apps and Games] Dakota0206:
Hmm, OK. will the Installer apk work with all Android versions?
[Android Apps and Games] xtort1417:
I am about to release my first skin apk on the store and as a programmer was considering different options to help prevent the piracy issues. I am simply not sure if it is worth the effort. If I decide to attempt to tackle it, the best anyone can hope for is simply making it more difficult.

Just throwing some thoughts out here:

What I am considering is adding code to the skin APK that checks if the system has a unique intent provided by the installer apk. (you dont want to check for the existence of an apk, as I anyone can create a blank app with the same package name in eclipse in 2 minutes). If it fails to find the intent provided by the installer, it can do some action to be determined to make the skin apk no longer accessible by UCCW.

I know there are a lot of design focused readers of this thread, but anyone have any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] Dakota0206:
This may be a dumb question, but what about making it an in app purchase? I am not very familiar with the way in app purchases work, but it seems like something could be created like the installer apk, but instead of packaging the skin apk inside, there is an in app purchase to download the skin apk.
[Android Apps and Games] jxie215:
This may seem like an obvious or dumb question but I'd like to know if I can use other's weather icons (while giving credit to them) as part of my weather component of my UCCW widget?
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
policy is to ask permission first.

MokeeOs Flying
[Android Apps and Games] jxie215:
That sounds about right. Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] bakamomo:
nice skin dude, i'll try it:fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] krazzyvishal:
Is it hard and fast to make the skin into this installer so that it works on all devices? I mean when I created an apk out of my skin, it worked on all devices that I tested it with. All were Jelly Bean. So this issue of skins not appearing in the list only happens for paid apks that are downloaded from Play Store?
[Android Apps and Games] chazxt:
nice :)
[Android Apps and Games] xtort1417:
Can anyone give me a better understanding of how the skin apk's actually work and accomplish delivering it's resources to the main UCCW app?

I am trying to figure out if a free app could package multiple skins, but have only 1 skin available when loaded, and require an "unlocker" purchase to make the others available. This might help with piracy some, as well as help solve the paid app installer issue.
[Android Apps and Games] dgwood12:
Does anyone else's paid skins on the play store not allow you to change the battery circle color even if you have enabled it to be changed? I can change it on the non-locked version but when I create the locked apk, you can edit the color but the changes don't stick. It just goes back to what it was. Anyone else have this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] bagarwa:
Answering with a quote -
[Android Apps and Games] xander59:
Just one issue, in the custom text file weather, you forget the "rain" to translate

Just add this code in the customfiles

{
"ID": 41,
"name": "rain",
"value": "",
"value1": "",
"value2": "",
"value3": ""
}
[Android Apps and Games] 184200:
Hi guys,

I'm a newbee here, please help me, is it possible to convert .apk back into .uzip?
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Well if you had made the apk you wouldn't need to convert back to uzip as you would have everything you need already. So in reality your asking " how can I hack an apk " therefore I for one will not be helping you any further.

Regards.

NeXuS⁴
[Android Apps and Games] 184200:
Thanx bro, now I see it as clear as never before.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] rumitdhamecha:
What if i have Image in the UCCW widget?

Hi,

I'm creating a battery bar in which i have a image(.png). I made APK for my mobile and when i tested it, that image is missing. What should i do now? Any help?

Thanks.

Regards,

Rumit Dhamecha
[Android Apps and Games] brandyboi94:
Hey guys. So this is my first time with eclipse and i've run into the above error. I've tried the solution that worked for him, but it still comes up with the same signature error when installing the uccw installer apk on my phone. I've checked the project multiple times and made sure i strictly followed the instructions for the uccw apk skin installer, but still same error. Is there anyone able to check my eclipse project and see what im doing wrong?

Thanks

brandyboi94
[Android Apps and Games] shaiknbaik:
I am having the same issue i even tried putting it in the installer (I was Desperate) and that didn't work either. Please help Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] rumitdhamecha:
Image Invisible in .apk

Hello,

I have .png Image file in UCCW Widget. After converting into .apk file and installing ,that image is not visble.

Can you tell me the solution? I have searched but not able to get the answer.

Hope you can help me out.

Thank you

Regards,

Rumit Dhamecha
[Android Apps and Games] JakeRTFM:
Thanks a lot for the tutorial.

Everyone have resolve the problem with the assets folder when you have an icons pack + fonts and the uccw skin don't show ?
[Android Apps and Games] shaiknbaik:
Fixed it and cant figure out how to delete this comment sorry
[Android Apps and Games] PLovrin:
I would really need some help. I have created some widgets and I want to make apks and upload them to play. But I have one big problem every time I open my widgets and press save/make zip for apk skin. This should give me a zip with all needed files like "uccw_notepad" in tutorial for Eclipse and making apk. But all I get is zip file with .uccw configuration and all images. No matter what I do .uccw is all I get.

Please help me
[Android Apps and Games] memnoc:
So, I have my skin apk ready, it's working all fine, except for one thing: I'm trying 2 diff nexus, in mine all is working and THE WEATHER ICON is showing..on the other one, which would be the hypotetical situation where any user install my work, all is working as well, but weather icon doesn't show up. I read the op, it says I have to provide my weather icons..but where? How? I can't set the skin so an user van change icon pack...what am I missing??

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[Android Apps and Games] StrangerWeather:
Hi! That's correct, all you need to put in your assets folder is the .uccw file and the folder with all the images.

Hope this helps!

---------- Post added at 01:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 PM ----------

Hi! The weather icons should automatically be included in the zip file that you unzip to put in your assets folder. If you check the folder that goes in the assets folder, you should see the weather icons in there. Is it there?
[Android Apps and Games] memnoc:
THX for helping me ;) yes, they are...any clue?

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[Android Apps and Games] StrangerWeather:
It's difficult to say without more details. Is the one that works using the apk or just the uzip?

If it works with the uzip but not the apk, the problem is likely to be related to a mistake in your manifest.

Unless the Nexuses are not displaying the same weather condition, in which case it could be something to do with the labelling of your icons... You may want to check the icon for the condition that's not showing.

Sorry I can't help more.:o
[Android Apps and Games] memnoc:
Ok just did more tests:

First: both phones use apk file, however the working one is the uzip version

Second: now even my nexus doesn't show the weather icon if i set the skin from the apk

Third: THX a lot mate, it does help, however the only thing I changed in the manifest is the package name and all the stuff mentioned in the op guide, nothing more..

You said it is something in manifest, anything more specific?

OS si JB 4.3, ROM is a cm based one..if you need more details just ask :)

ps. tried everything, it's just doesn't showing :( if anyone have any clue please reply cause I'm stuck atm

EDIT2:suddenly the icon showed itself..I dunno why but, you know, it is what it is :) thanks again for the help.

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 4
[Android Apps and Games] StrangerWeather:
That's odd but I'm glad that it now works!:)
[Android Apps and Games] memnoc:
something weird it's happening LOL now they disappeared again..in the uzip files it's still ok...i was thinking it could be a wrong name in the weather folder for some specific icons, but again in uzip files they wouldn't work as well..really no clues for that..

EDIT:

ok I checked anything literally...someone is able to provide at least some ideas?? really clueless now...
[Android Apps and Games] PLovrin:
Oooh, now I feel stupid :) I have to take that zip from tutorial and change assets which are .uccw and images from mine zip. OMG I didn't even notice, I guess I was kinda sloppy with looking at tutorial and given files..

Thank you very much!!
[Android Apps and Games] shaiknbaik:
Hello please help me i followed the instructions and I get an error:

Description	Resource	Path	Location	Type

R cannot be resolved to a variable	MainActivity.java	/uccw_skin_installer/src/snb/dev/team/uccw/wing/clock/pro	line 37	Java Problem

R cannot be resolved to a variable	MainActivity.java	/uccw_skin_installer/src/snb/dev/team/uccw/wing/clock/pro	line 38	Java Problem

Here are some screen shots:

http://i.imgur.com/SZtXJLL.png

http://i.imgur.com/oPme3m1.png

Thank You
[Android Apps and Games] motrinHD:
hello, are you following the tutorial in this thread? unless it was updated, you don't have to mess with that file.
[Android Apps and Games] shaiknbaik:
This is a problem i am having with the installer apk on the other thread however when i try to reply to the other thread it brings me here