Restrict free app downloads android

Diogo Cardoso Diogo Cardoso This would be a very nice thing to have Apple provides such a facility for iOS and it's a life saver. Solutions offered below like "just upload it locally" are inadequate for a variety of reasons like sideloading limitations on some devices etc.

Not relevant to software development, really? I can't believe this is off-topic. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You need to: Select an APK for your alpha or beta test. Select the group of users for each test.

Publish your alpha- or beta-test APK. Ask your testers to opt in. Another inconvenient is that it may take up to 24 hours after publishing for the test link to become active, but normally it will be less time Here you can find more information about Beta-testing and staged rollouts. Improve this answer. Geert Geert 8 8 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. But it's not asking any password for free apps.

It won't ask for a password for free apps since there's no danger of financial loss of any kind, it is a good point however. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Disable or lock Google Play on my android phone Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 10 months ago. Active 6 years, 11 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Improve this answer. Don Chakkappan Don Chakkappan 7, 5 5 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 55 55 bronze badges. It is now called "Private Apps", which requires setting up Android Device Policy for your organization, and adding employees' devices, then your private apps will be available on their managed Play Store app.

The Overflow Blog. Who owns this outage? Building intelligent escalation chains for modern SRE. Podcast Who is building clouds for the independent developer? Featured on Meta. All the other apps will be locked and there is no way anyone can launch them.

Further, your Android settings, notification panel and menu options would also be hidden, so there is no way your kids can read your emails or check your Facebook account every other time. I have installed this app and love using it. I use this one to hide specific Android applications from my friends who use my device every other day.