On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:01 PM, F Thomas <[email protected]>wrote:
> If I publish an update to my app on the Android Market, will the app only > "patch" (or only update changes to current application) or will it just > replace the old application with the updated one? > It's replaced, AFAIK. I don't see any reason to "patch" it. > The reason is because for my app I need the user to retain some information > (such as a database) on their phone that is gathered from the user on the > app's first setup and not have to ask the user to repopulate this data on > every update. > User's local data is preserved with each update. Android would not be very poppular if every single app lost its user's data on each update. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
