Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Why does it show pyamsoft applications have Ads in the Play Store?

The more observant of you may have noticed that the pyamsoft applications show up in the Play Store with the "Contains Ads" banner. Rest assured, there are no advertisement networks in place in any current pyamsoft application, nor will there ever be.

The label was added to comply with Play Store policies about the inclusion of advertisements. The banner at the bottom of pyamsoft applications by default can be technically deemed an advertisement, even though it does not connect you to an advertising network, nor does it reward me should any user choose to view, or interact with the advertisement.

For those who are curious, the code for advertisements in pyamsoft applications is freely available for viewing and modification on GitHub in the PYDroid library. Note that the advertisements shown in pyamsoft applications are optional, you can choose to turn them off via the settings and never see them again. They only advertise other pyamsoft applications, they do not talk to the Internet. Clicking on an advertisement will only open the Play Store link for that application, nothing more.

For those who are concerned about the presence of advertisements, you are free to modify the source to remove the code entirely (see AdvertisementActivity). If you do not have the programming understanding to do so, rest assured that the Settings toggle to turn off advertisements will always be respected should you choose to do so.

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