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Oh god parsing HTML pages.

Why don't Google Play provide JSON API like iTunes do?

http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=343200656

and alternatively

http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=com.clickgamer.Angry...

The second link can be used in client app to self-checking for new version updates.

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There are tons of Android Market website clones. How do they get their data?

apps are likely to be published on G Play first, then to 3rd party markets.

If an app is exclusively published on 3rd pary market, then it's likely distributed directly through apk , there's no way to identify them using a centralized way.

> then it's likely distributed directly through apk , there's no way to identify them using a centralized way.

You can identify them via md5 hash of the apk, the "versionName" attribute and the "versionCode" attribute.

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