Help: Need to create a one day ad free promotion using messaging?

appgratis would like me to create a one day (ad free) promotion of my game. They normally use Batch but there is no Batch SDK for Corona. I was told that I can still do the promo without Batch.

I need to integrate messaging, and an ad-removal feature for the build. I need to be able to update the game the following day to re-include the ads but not affect the people who downloaded it during the promo. 

Please - any help would be greatly appreciated. 

I’m not sure what kind of messaging you’re looking for, but there are several online providers that can provide services for inter-app messaging.

As for switching the ads on and off, the simplest way is to use network.request() to connect to a web server under your control where the app can try and download a file that says don’t show ads between a start date and end date. You of course would need to create the text file and decide the contents and have your app parse the text file when it gets the file.

It sounds complex when breaking the steps down, but it’s pretty simple over all.

Rob

I’m not sure what kind of messaging you’re looking for, but there are several online providers that can provide services for inter-app messaging.

As for switching the ads on and off, the simplest way is to use network.request() to connect to a web server under your control where the app can try and download a file that says don’t show ads between a start date and end date. You of course would need to create the text file and decide the contents and have your app parse the text file when it gets the file.

It sounds complex when breaking the steps down, but it’s pretty simple over all.

Rob