On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Eurig Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm intending to release my application through the Android Market and I > want to make sure I can deploy new releases of the app and the users will be > able to be notified of these and upgrade to them as soon as they can. > This should happen automatically via the Android Market app. > The Android documentation states that, appart from the android:versionCode > property, it is entirely up to the application to provide an upgrade > routine. > This is entirely optional and not necessary. In fact, I'd recommend you not waste your time with it and let people be notified by the Android Market app (when it work, it often doesn't) or discover it on their own. > What is the best strategy to achieve this? > I don't know about "best", but you could simple have a file on a server that had nothing more than a version code in it. On start up you app could check this file and see if the code in that file was greater than it's own current code. If so, it would notify the user that a new version was available and could take them to the market to get it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
