Reskinning: changing code vs coding from zero

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RandomSequelae

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I created an app and published it. I would like to publish it multiple times on my account.

Is it enough to just change the code superficially (rename classes, methods, variables) or do i need to create completely different code? For example i used a android library to create a bluetooth app, do i need to create another way for the app to use bluetooth without that library (aka from 0)?

Can i re-use the assets from my original app? I mean the buttons and background image.

Do i need to re-design the UI?

Thanks!
 
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why do you want to publish it multiple times? to boost views or something?
 
nohupt said:
why do you want to publish it multiple times? to boost views or something?
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I have an app that works on multiple device brands. With each app I want to target another brand (and thus another market)
 
RandomSequelae said:
I have an app that works on multiple device brands. With each app I want to target another brand (and thus another market)
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i'm pretty sure you can simply update the app code with cross-platform stuff and then update your app in the play store and apple store, no?
 
nohupt said:
i'm pretty sure you can simply update the app code with cross-platform stuff and then update your app in the play store and apple store, no?
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Can you explain more? I don’t understand what you mean..

My apps do not need to differ in functionality, I only have to change the keywords/marketing for each. I only need them to differ in order to avoid “repetitive content” violation.

For example app 1 is “app for Samsung”, app 2 is “app for huawei” . They are the same app except they target different users/traffic
 
RandomSequelae said:
Can you explain more? I don’t understand what you mean..

My apps do not need to differ in functionality, I only have to change the keywords/marketing for each. I only need them to differ in order to avoid “repetitive content” violation.

For example app 1 is “app for Samsung”, app 2 is “app for huawei” . They are the same app except they target different users/traffic
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i don't know enough about phone app design to give you specifics, i just know that any computer app i've designed over the years that i wanted to be cross platform had an installer that checked to see what platform it was installing onto and installed the right files. it's not that simple, but i don't have the brain power today to explain it perfectly.
 
nohupt said:
i don't know enough about phone app design to give you specifics, i just know that any computer app i've designed over the years that i wanted to be cross platform had an installer that checked to see what platform it was installing onto and installed the right files. it's not that simple, but i don't have the brain power today to explain it perfectly.
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You don’t get it, it is meant to not be cross-platform as it allows him to market his apps for different less difficult keywords. I’m curious about the answer
 
remi3297 said:
You don’t get it, it is meant to not be cross-platform as it allows him to market his apps for different less difficult keywords. I’m curious about the answer
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he literally said he wants it to work on different platforms. are you even reading this thread?
 
nohupt said:
he literally said he wants it to work on different platforms. are you even reading this thread?
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He clearly explained that his app already works on all platforms. Are you even reading this thread?
 
"Repetitive content" policy is random on google play, you have guys that have for example 100 radio apps that differ only with name/icon + link inside (for US, German, etc) and they are somehow on store, but other apps where there is actual functionality difference but have similar UI get banned. It depends on bot / reviewer interpretation. That's why it should be reviewed by google stuff and if it pass the review they shouldn't later suspend it - google play policy is just a joke. I guess the only thing that can help you is account age. I haven't seen bans for repetitive content on 5+ years accounts, but for <1 it was pretty easy to get one.
 
michiosha1 said:
"Repetitive content" policy is random on google play, you have guys that have for example 100 radio apps that differ only with name/icon + link inside (for US, German, etc) and they are somehow on store, but other apps where there is actual functionality difference but have similar UI get banned. It depends on bot / reviewer interpretation. That's why it should be reviewed by google stuff and if it pass the review they shouldn't later suspend it - google play policy is just a joke. I guess the only thing that can help you is account age. I haven't seen bans for repetitive content on 5+ years accounts, but for <1 it was pretty easy to get one.
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Thanks that is very informative and confirms my suspicions. If I have 1 app accepted and the second app gets “repetitive content” violation, will both apps be suspended or just the second one?
 
If I remember correctly both. But I try to stay away from Google and haven't published new apps on play store for like 2 years, so I may be wrong.
 
I think the bot not only read the source code, also reads all text inside, so, change source code as much you can (file names, classes, methods, vars), change order in source code, add some random libraries (imports), change colors, images and also text in strings. Add some kind of description or something like that, long text and totally change it on every app (ex using AI), if you are not totally decided, you can ask for a pre-review and you will avoid a ban also if you don't get approved.
 
conexur said:
I think the bot not only read the source code, also reads all text inside, so, change source code as much you can (file names, classes, methods, vars), change order in source code, add some random libraries (imports), change colors, images and also text in strings. Add some kind of description or something like that, long text and totally change it on every app (ex using AI), if you are not totally decided, you can ask for a pre-review and you will avoid a ban also if you don't get approved.
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Wow thank you so much that's so informative! How can i ask for a pre-review?
 
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