On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:25 AM, William Ferguson <william.ferguson...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jun 16, 11:38 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Putting a file with latest version number somewhere on your own server seems >> easier to me - at the cost of having to update the file after each new >> release. > > Which is what I have actually done, and it works well. > But its on my TODO list to just use the Market API. Then I can remove > the section of my build that populates and posts latest version > details to my web server. Not that that that's tricky - after all I'm > using Maven to build. But less is always more in my book. >
The problem with this is that the API needs a *real* device ID to work properly (otherwise some apps are not shown, etc.). Getting the ID using code is not possible (last time I checked, at least on an unrooted device). Things also change/break without warning, so it may not be too reliable. Checkout their Google group for details. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
