Out of interest, what is the simplest way to set up that kind of online checking? I'm asking as someone who doesn't maintain any websites (but does own some domains)...
One way I thought of was to use Dropbox and stick a small text file on that which can then be read from the app. However, I find Dropbox risky because its damn easy to delete everything and then for those deletes to be propagated to your other dropbox clients! (Sorry this isn't android-specific, but in my defence, it is relevant to many android developers) On Mar 2, 3:25 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > horatio wrote: > > I'm quite new to Android development. I need add auto-update > > functionality to an application i.e. the application will detect that > > there is a new version of itself available and then update itself over > > the web. Are there any resources explaining how to approach this? > > You can detect that a new version is available, perhaps by periodically > checking some Web site you manage. You can download the update. You can > tell Android to open the update. At that point, though, the user will go > through the same sort of update process as if they had found your update > in the Android Market -- a confirmation screen or two before the update > will be processed. If you are seeking a silent update, that's not > possible by ordinary SDK applications. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ > Version 1.3 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
