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Developer proposes development of Android App Store for Restricted Applications

Jan 23, 2012 News

There are quite a few alternative App Stores for Android Applications other than Google’s official Android Market. However, there have been many Android applications which have been banned from the Android Market. For applications such as these, Android developer Koushik Dutta, member of the development team of CyanogenMod, has launched an alternative App Store for Android apps which have been banned from the Android Market.

After positive feedback from a discussion held by regarding a marketplace for banned apps, Koushik Dutta, decided to create the alternate app store. The store would include apps offering emulators, visual voicemail, and tethering, along with other software which have been restricted by Google. The idea was first proposed by Dutta when after his own app, ClockworkMod , was restricted from the Android Market.

And the good news for developers is that Dutta, is already on the works on this app store as he has posted a early screenshot of the App store submission page. Far from the finished product but this project certainly looks interesting.

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Tags: ANDROID, Android app store, android development, CyanogenMod