*> Does "replace" equal "uninstalled"? If so, then maybe I don't need to worry about any of this.*
I certainly hope so... otherwise Android would have all sorts of problems when updating apps. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Jake Colman <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> "JA" == Justin Anderson <[email protected]> writes: > > >> Let's say v1.0 was implemented using a broadcast receiver (which > >> is the appwidget itself) and two services. I then publish v1.1 > >> which fixes bugs in all the components. The user updates my > >> appwidget via the Market while the appwidget is still > >> running. When/how doe that new code start executing? > > JA> I believe the next time the provider is called, but I may be > JA> wrong. > > Ah, but that's the key question! :-) > > >> Now I publish v1.2 which restructures the code so that it uses one > >> service instead of two. How/will the redundant service be > >> removed? Will it just wither and die? Do I need to worry about > >> this? > > JA> It will be removed when the application is uninstalled. > > Does "replace" equal "uninstalled"? If so, then maybe I don't need to > worry about any of this. > > JA> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:21 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Justin Anderson > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> *> How can a package determine that it has been updated and that it, > >>> > therefore, must stop and restart itself?* > >>> > >>> According to this, you can't: > >>> > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED > >>> > >> > >> Try this one: > >> > >> > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED > >> < > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED > > > > Assuming this works, and I'll run some tests shortly, what can/should > the widget do to make sure that it only executes the new code? > > -- > Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer > > -- > 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 > -- 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
