{"id":18160,"date":"2013-05-14T10:16:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T08:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18160"},"modified":"2013-05-14T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T08:16:29","slug":"reply-to-comments-on-google-play-for-android-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/14\/reply-to-comments-on-google-play-for-android-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply to comments on Google Play for Android developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Android and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\">Google Play<\/a> are awesome. \u00a0But as someone involved with user feedback from Android apps, I have to say that not being able to reply to user comments on Google Play was a major issue. \u00a0People asking questions, mentioning bugs, and just slandering &#8211; and there is no way for you to answer or get more details or even suggest an alternative communication channel. \u00a0That was driving me nuts. \u00a0And, apparently, I was not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it seems that Google has finally heard our prayers and is enabling replies to comments on Google Play. \u00a0Initially, it was just for a few selected developers, but now this feature should be available for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18161\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/14\/reply-to-comments-on-google-play-for-android-developers\/google-play-reply-to-comments\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?fit=758%2C317&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"758,317\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?fit=660%2C276&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18161\" alt=\"Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments-500x209.png?resize=500%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?resize=500%2C209&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?resize=510%2C213&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?resize=710%2C296&amp;ssl=1 710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Google-Play-Reply-To-Comments.png?w=758&amp;ssl=1 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/makingmoneywithandroid.com\/2013\/05\/reply-to-comments-enabled-for-all-google-play-developers\/\">Making Money with Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Android and Google Play are awesome. \u00a0But as someone involved with user feedback from Android apps, I have to say that not being able to reply to user comments on Google Play was a major issue. \u00a0People asking questions, mentioning bugs, and just slandering &#8211; 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