I assume you have changed the cert.  If this is the cause, no there is
nothing you can do about it.  The cert is the identity of the author; two
apps with different certs are fundamentally different apps and can't be
installed on top of each other.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Derek Winstead <[email protected]>wrote:

> I have been developing an app I want to share with friends and family for
> beta testing before I publish it to the android market. Problem is, since
> I've already had them install a previous version of the app, that when I
> send them the new .apk to install the installer wants the already installed
> app to be uninstalled first before the new version can be installed or
> updated.
>
> Is this something I'm doing wrong in my program? I want the SQLite DB to
> always be intact and never loose data which is what happens when someone has
> to reinstall/update the app.
>
> Please help! Thanks so much.
>
> Derek
>
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