Is there a way to give promo/coupon codes for people to download your app for free?

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Chloe picture Chloe · Apr 9, 2012 · Viewed 58.9k times · Source

I need a way to share my app to allow people to download it for free with a coupon code or promo code or checkout code. I would like to post the code to a board, and invalidate it after some time. My app uses licensing and in-app billing, so mailing the APK may not be appropriate. The last question I saw regarding this was 6 months old, so I did not know if there was a newer solution available.

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caskey picture caskey · Apr 9, 2012

There is not a way to do this with the current feature set in the Play store.

You could produce a similar effect using the Licensing service (http://developer.android.com/guide/market/licensing) and perhaps in-app purchases. However sadly you will have to do most of the work yourself.

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