Comments on: ADC2: Top 200 Announced, Round 2 Starts

By: chris

chris — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:34:36 +0000

Same force close for me as well. Interesting that the ADC2 app has 3.5 stars average with all the 1 star ratings. Something smells rotten in Mountain View.

By: anakin78z

anakin78z — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:48:53 +0000

I’m having the same Force Close issues. The strange thing is that days later I’ll receive notice that the app installed. This, however, is after I already said ’skip’ to the app, to see if another one would install, so I can’t actually rate the app. I think it also means that I now got the app for free, which seems kinda shady. Good think I’m the type of person to actually buy apps if I like them…

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:44:59 +0000

@RoryD
Look like the judging app is not available for the Droid (Android 2.0). Personally, I’m very happy Google did this, as Android 2.0 broke my entry (Head To Head Racing), as the graphics initialization changed in Android 2.0.

By: RoryD

RoryD — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:12 +0000

Seriously, where is the judging app? I’m using the Droid, I’ve searched for “challenge”, “Challenge” and tried using the barcodes (which end result in pname:com.google.android.challenge searches), and it doesn’t find anything???

By: Julz

Julz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:45:40 +0000

Wondering why there are so many apps on the list that are just copies of existing apps out there,

By: Brad B

Brad B — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:51 +0000

Meh.

Lots of boring non-original apps so far…

By: Wilko

Wilko — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:06:00 +0000

Its expected that is not compatible with 2.0, when would of the developes had any chance to upgrade there apps.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:25:47 +0000

The ADC2 app is not compatible with 2.0, which is very silly.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:10:09 +0000

ADC2 is having horrible force close issues. Check the comments in the market. I personally have tried reinstalling it 4 times now with no luck. My symptoms:

I install ADC2.
I get the notification of a new app to review.
I hit Install to install it.
It goes back to home screen but doesn’t install.
I open ADC2 and hit Install Manually.
It switches to what looks like the market and then com.android.vending force closes.

*FRUSTRATED*

By: Franta

Franta — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:46:27 +0000

@Maj
Thanks! I did’t know about this (I don’t have an Android phone yet).

By: Maj

Maj — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:07:11 +0000

@Franta
keep updating it with new contents regularly and people will start noticing it in the “recently added” appps

By: Franta

Franta — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:04:21 +0000

My app Chess Walk (http://androidchess.appspot.com) didn’t made it to ADC2, they only sent me a mail that it was in the top 50%. I quite expected that (I had been developing the app for only a month when I submited it). I took part in ADC2 because I thought it was a good way to advertise Chess Walk, I was wrong though :)
BTW how can I promote my app in other way than posting about it on forums like I am doing right now?

By: CHARAN

CHARAN — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:43:00 +0000

I completed it already yesterday in under 3 hrs and kept around 70 apps

By: pete

pete — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:38:23 +0000

Search Android Market for “Challenge” and it will come up.

By: David K.

David K. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:31:13 +0000

Can’t find the app in Market on Droid phone. Not the first thing that is unavailable for Droid and Eclair.