我刚刚完成制作了公司的Andr​​oid应用一些更新，才意识到，他们不再被用于签名的去Android Market的原始版本的私钥。如果我理解正确的话，这意味着，这些变化不能被释放作为更新原来的应用程序。我认为最好的办法就是拉从市场上原有的应用程序（它没有很多下载或意见），并重新发布了新的密钥签名的应用程序。不过，我担心Android的市场可能不会允许发布了一个应用程序，它几乎是相同的，已被释放（例如相同的名字，相同的图标，几乎相同的功能，等等）的应用程序。

I've just finished making some updates for a company's Android app, only to realize that they no longer have the private key that was used to sign the original release that went to the Android Market. If I understand correctly, this means that these changes can't be released as an update to the original app. I think the best option is to pull the original app from the market (it doesn't have many downloads or reviews) and re-release the app signed with a new key. However, I'm worried that Android Market might not allow an app to be released which is practically identical to an app that has already been released (e.g. same name, same icon, mostly the same functionality, etc.).

有没有人在这种情况下过吗？难道谷歌允许你重新发布一个单独的应用程序到Android Market？

Has anyone been in this situation before? Did google allow you to re-release as a separate app to the Android Market?

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您是在正确的，你将不得不释放这是一个不同的包名称的新应用程序。你将不得不拉其他的应用程序从市场，因为它不再是可更新的，你的用户将不得不重新下载应用程序的新版本。

You are correct in that you will have to release this as a new application with a different package name. You will have to pull the other app from the Market as it will no longer be updateable and your users will have to redownload the new version of the app.

我看不出有任何理由，为什么谷歌会与此有关的问题，这是一个已知的问题，一些开发商/企业可以遇到，当他们失去自​​己的签名密钥。另外，据我所知，谷歌没有密切监视传入的应用程序，除非它们被标记。

I don't see any reason why Google would have any issues with this, it's a known issue that some developers/companies can come across when they loose their signing key. Also, as far as I know, Google doesn't closely monitor incoming apps unless they are being flagged.

我见过的有10个版本在市场上相同的应用程序中，只是让他们能有更多的知名度，这是我认为谷歌需要寻找出一些东西的应用程序。

I've seen some apps that have 10 versions of the same app in the Market, just so that they can have more visibility, which is something that I think Google needs to look out for.