I keep forgetting these, so I better write them down in case I find the time to develop Raccoon into a full Google Play client (not just for downloading apps): Books Music Apps Movies Unknown/Unused Kiosk
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And Google broke Raccoon again…
Why do they always do this when I have absolutely no spare time to fix problems? /sigh Problem description: Pagination is broken. You just get the first page over and over again when trying to get more results.
Posted in Android, Note to self
Raccoon not finding Pokemon Go?
Since I just had a couple mails about this: Raccoon is able to download Pokemon Go, but Play allows developers to geo block their products (and Niantic uses geo blocking to stop their servers from getting overrun). If you are…
Posted in Android
Pokemon Go APK download
Looks like Pokemon Go is the hottest game for Android right now and I just noticed the curious lack of support requests in my inbox. In fact, I haven’t had a single ticket in weeks, asking about how to download…
Posted in Android
Workaround: Raccoon v3.6 login error with new accounts
Is it your dream to one day work for Google? Stop dreaming! By now I spent quite some time digging around in the Android codebase and “nightmare” is pretty much the nicest word I can find for it. Android under…
Posted in Android
Hotfix release for Raccoon
Well, that went faster than expected. Thanks to all who helped! The trick simply was to masquerade as a Jelly Bean device when requesting the AUTH token (cheers for legacy devices which Google can’t afford to lock out of Play,…
Posted in Android
I really, really, really hate working on DummyDroid
There’s about a hundred of variables that play a role in determining Android app compatibility. Most of them pulled from some nether regions of your phone and some having to be assembled in a particular way (which is of course…
Posted in Android
Android Permissions explained: com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
If you are a Raccoon user, you’ve probably come across apps that request the com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENCSE permission. It is used exclusively by apps that are sold on Play and pretty much a red flag. CHECK_LICENSE is not a system permission, but…
Posted in Android
What’s the difference between the GSF ID and the Android ID?
There’s a little bit of confusion about the Android and the GSF ID which nets me the occasional support email. So I guess I’ll just explain the issue here for reference. From the very beginning, Google had it in their…
Posted in Android
Mea culpa: when you can’t find certain Apps with Raccoon and uploading a device profile with DummyDroid won’t help either
I just had a fun debugging session with an utterly frustrating realization. The good news is that I now have a better understanding about how Play determines device compatibility. The bad news is that I implemented the protocol for profile…
Posted in Android
