Will aTrackDog send out my personal information?
aTrackDog only sends the following data to aTrackDog server for
tracking the new version information of each of your installed Android applications.
- Application name
- Application package name
- Application size
- Application version number
- Application version code
- aTrackDog metadatas
No more data will be sent out other than the above data. Also, aTrackDog
won't send any personal information to the server. e.g. the user name, device ID, IP address etc.
You don't need to worry about whether other people know what applications
you have installed.
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Why does aTrackDog send data to its private server?
aTrackDog server collects the version information from various sources and
save them in a central database. To check if you are using an old version,
aTrackDog has to compare your local version information with database's data.
If your local version is old, server then send a signal to aTrackDog and show you
the "New version found" message.
It's our policy to strictly protect the privacy of participant, NO PRIVATE data will be sent to aTrackDog server.
For more information about what data will be sent by aTrackDog, please read this FAQ
Will aTrackDog send out my personal information?
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I cannot find the new version from Android Market.
aTrackDog collects the version data from various sources.
If you cannot find the new version from Android Market,
we suggest you just send developers an email to ask where you can download it.
This new version may also be a test (alpha or beta) version.
If that is the case, we open a scheme for developers to specify which is a test version.
Not only helping you but also other people to get the newest and correct version information.
Please copy the email template below to developers to ask them to support aTrackDog.
Subject: Support aTrackDog for your applications
Hello,
I am sending you this email due to finding the incorrect application version information on aTrackDog.
Please read this FAQ (http://aTrackDog.A0soft.com/faq.php#PW) about how to integrate your applications
with aTrackDog.
This is free of charge for you to integrate, please take a look at the aTrackDog web site,
http://aTrackDog.A0soft.com, for more information.
Sincerely,
<PUT YOUR NAME HERE>
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aTrackDog does not list all my installed applications.
Currently, aTrackDog won't list applications that without a version name(android:versionName),
or version code(android:versionCode). This problem is caused by
the developers forgetting to add the android:versionCode and android:versionName values to
AndroidManifest.xml file.
The only solution is by asking the developers to correct this problem. Please help us
send the developers an email to ask them to correct this problem.
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Why does aTrackDog show the older version number than what I am using?
aTrackDog gets the version information from the application. It
shows the wrong version number due to the developers forgetting to update the
android:versionName value in AndroidManifest.xml file.
The only solution is by asking the developers to correct this problem. Please help us
send the developers an email to ask them to correct this problem.
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What's the meaning of (This is a test version)?
aTrackDog shows (This is a test version) for an app if the current installed version
is an in-development, alpha, or beta version.
This information is specified by developers of the app. If you have any questions about this, please
send your questions to developers (not to us).
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How do I help to translate aTrackDog into the local language?
- Please send us an email with your gmail email address at
 .
- We will share "aTrackDog Translation Table" (a spreadsheet file) with you thru' Google docs system.
- Open this file, add a new column for your language, and help us to translate for all strings.
- Send us an email if you have done the translation.
To thank you the help, we will list your name on the Credits page.
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(For developers/beta-tester) aTrackDog tracked my in-development versions.
If you are the alpha or beta testers, please be sure to go to aTrackDog Application List window,
tap the in-development application, and select the "Don't track version anymore" option.
If you are developers and not willing to make the in-development versions to the public,
please read FAQ "I am a developer, how to integrate my app with aTrackDog?",
and add "com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.testVersion" meta-data to your AndroidManifest.xml file.
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(For developers) How do I specify my web site or apk download URLs to aTrackDog?
Please refer to FAQ "I am a developer, how to integrate my app with aTrackDog?",
and add "com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.dlURL" and/or "com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.webURL" meta-data
to your AndroidManifest.xml file.
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(For developers) I did not publish my app to Market, what I need to do?
Please refer to FAQ "I am a developer, how to integrate my app with aTrackDog?",
and add both "com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.noMarket" and "com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.dlURL"
meta-data to your AndroidManifest.xml file.
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(For developers) I am a developer, how do I integrate my app with aTrackDog?
You could let aTrackDog take care the version update effort for you. But if you have some versions
in testing and not willing to go public, or you have some reasons not to use Android Market, you
have the choices to provide an apk download URL, developer web site URL, or other control options
by providing the following meta-data in the application node of AndroidManifest.xml file:
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.testVersion"
android:value="same value as android:versionCode" />
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.webURL"
android:value="your web site url" />
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.dlURL"
android:value="the apk download url" />
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.noMarket"
android:value="true" />
- testVersion: add it if this is an alpha or beta version. It is optional.
e.g. <meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.testVersion"
android:value="100" />
If this version is an in-development, alpha, or beta version, you may not
want to deliver this release information to users. Adding this meta-data, aTrackDog won't
deliver this version information to other users. The value of this meta-data must be the same value as android:versionCode,
or it won't activate.
If you specified correctly, aTrackDog will show your app in different color and show "This is a test version" under the version name.
- webURL: an URL to your web site. It is optional.
e.g. <meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.webURL" android:value="http://aTrackDog.a0soft.com" />
If this meta-data is specified, users can directly visit your web site in aTrackDog.
aTrackDog server also keeps this URL. You can specify an empty string to clear server's web URL data.
- dlURL: an URL to download your apk file. It is optional.
e.g. <meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.dlURL"
android:value="http://aTrackDog.a0soft.com/download.php" />
You can also specify the URL to an apk file.
If this meta-data is specified, users can directly download the apk file in aTrackDog.
aTrackDog server also keeps this URL. You can specify an empty string to clear server's download URL data.
- noMarket: When user tap your app on aTrackDog main window,
aTrackDog will pop up an option list. One of them is "Install from Market". If you did not
publish the app to Android Market. Please specify this meta-data so that your users won't see
the "Install from Market" option. This meta-data must come with "com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.dlURL",
or it won't activate.
This is an example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.helloAndroid"
android:versionCode="100" android:versionName="1.00" >
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" >
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.webURL"
android:value="http://www.hello.com" />
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.dlURL"
android:value="http://www.hello.com/android100.apk" />
<meta-data android:name="com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog.noMarket"
android:value="true" />
...
</application>
</manifest>
Please download aTrackDog Version Tracking Guide for Developers PDF file for more detailed information.
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