On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:27 AM, DulcetTone <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM. > > This doesn't really mean it is immutable; you can install an update to it > if > > it is signed with the same cert (though the update is placed on the data > > partition like other third party apps, since /system is read only). > Ok... is this update then read and used instead of the original / > system copy? I assume so. > Yes, it hides the .apk that is still in the system image. If you "uninstall" it, you revert to the built-in system version. > > Huh? You can update built-in apps, as per above. This is how maps > updates > > have been delivered for a long time, as well as Market updates (which you > > aren't generally aware of), more recently Gmail updates, etc. > This is not the case with my phones. I suppose this must be a > consequence of the fact that their firmware was written to from a burn > station in Google's own offices here in Cambridge. I cannot, for > instance, update Google Maps -- it downloads the update and fails to > install every time. > If you are getting builds from internally at Google, you should probably not be talking about them on a public forum. Just sayin'. :) > I assumed the issue extended to other users' phones. > No, production devices have .apks signed with final certs. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
