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Is there a way to determine the email address of an Android Market publisher given the package name of an app they own?

I.e. Given the package name com.acme.app I would get back dev@acme.com?

And before anyone asks, I don't want to spam devs, I just need a way to prove that if a dev says they own com.acme.app they really do own it by sending them an email linked to that app and getting them to click on a confirmation link etc.

Thanks

Sam
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  • Please don't spam us devs ;) I already get so much junk anyways. But confirmation email sounds like a plausible reason to me – Bryan Denny Nov 10 '10 at 14:37

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Via the Android SDK, no, there's no way to do that.

You can, however, reverse engineer the Android Market protocol (based on protobuf, IIRC) and you'll be able to fetch the dev's email this way. There are many sites out there doing just that (i.e. cyrket) and I bet you can find some documentation on how to do it.

Felix
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Sam

Android Market API is designed just for that.

Thank them.

100rabh
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  • Is this reliable though? It mentions you need a Google Account to use this API. What happens if you have heavy use of the API, is it likely that Google will block the account? – Sam Nov 10 '10 at 15:04