Are you possibly able to point out a toolkit that provides an auto-update feature?
- Dan On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Sebastian <sdelm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While considering different possible scenarios for app conflicts > during ADC judging (i.e. someone installed the app from the market, > got the latest update, and is now offered an older version for > judging) I came up with an interesting posibility. > > What happens if my app has "auto update" capabilities? There are > several toolkits out there offering this feature. > > So when someone gets the app for judging, it will offer the user the > possibility of getting the latest version. > > The only wording in the terms and conditions that seems to apply here > is "9.a. There is no opportunity to improve or modify an application > between the First and Second Rounds of Judging. "... but it seems to > imply that you won't be able to submit a new version, and that they > will distribute the original binary on both rounds. > > Could we get some clarification from Google as to what happens in this > case? > > - Is it allowed for my app to update itself? > > - What happens when someone has installed my app from the market, has > updated it, and then gets to judge it on the contest? > > - Will existing users of my app not be offered to judge it? > > And for those of you claiming it would be unfair to update my app in > the middle of the contest, consider the case of an app that uses web > views to offer content produced by a web server... that application > can get "feature updates" at any time while still using the same > binary. I know it's the nature of the technology (and I'm glad it is > that way) but it does affect the "fairness" of judging. > > And yes, all these issues make it very tricky to create a fair and > balanced judging process. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
