Button’s seem to get overlooked alot, using a dialog to ask them to rate is a little more effective I think. I use a variant of this sample code: Presenting, Appirater - Arash Payan | Blog
Instead of 30 days and 15 runs of the app, I use 0 days and 5 runs for when to present the dialog. In one of my games I present the dialog when the user has beaten a puzzle, instead of a time or number of runs count.
I’m not sure how important G+'s are. Rating’s will affect if people decide to install your app or not, G+'s is like free advertising and will spread the word about your app. I think they also affect your app’s ranking, or if they get listed on the trending list; not sure.
You can change the dialog of the apprater to ask them something like “Be sure to hit the G+ button when you rate, thanks!”
I see. I have added the reviewing link to 2 of my apps and works really good there.
I wonder if there is any way to add reviewing links to live wallpapers? I got this error when I added the code to the service class of a live wallpaper:
: Activity astral.worldstriall.AstralEffects has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@4125cca0 that was originally added here
12-17 13:03:36.574: E/WindowManager(27921): android.view.WindowLeaked: Activity astral.worldstriall.AstralEffects has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@4125cca0 that was originally added here
12-17 13:03:36.574: E/WindowManager(27921):
Xdebux, you were right. It works if I add the code to the settings class of the live wallpapers! I have added this code to 8 of my apps and I have already seen an increase in reviews.
Do you know if it is possible to add a similar code, which tells the users to G+ the app? This could make the apps go viral on G+. I have also heard that the rating of the app on Google Play increases with the number of G+'s. It would be interesting to compare if G+ or reviewing gives the best result.
The g+ button for your app is on the same page as where they rate it. So it most people just ask them to hit the g+ button when they rate. It would be awesome if you could put a g+ button in your app that is linked to the g+ button on your market page. I’ll look into if theres a way to do this.