Update: There is a flag to detect if the app was preinstalled: ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM
Am Dienstag, 9. Juli 2013 22:38:42 UTC+2 schrieb user123: > > I need to identify certain builds of my app permanently. The reason is, > that these will be pre-installed in certain devices and they need some > different tracking parameters. > > I don't want to create a new app for this - the app has to be the same as > the "normal" one, which can be downloaded from Google Play. > > Before any app update, the solution is clear - just create 2 different > builds, with same package name and signature, one goes directly to be > preinstalled on the devices and other to Google Play. > > But the preinstalled apps have to receive updates, and AFAIK, all > differences will be overwritten. > > Possible solutions which come to my mind: > > - > > Pre-installed build saves a preference. Problem: the user can clear > the preferences at any moment. This has to be reliable. > - > > Server side identification. Problem: the app doesn't require user > login to be used - so there would be only left the IMEI, which has to be > sent to the server the first time to say "I'm preinstalled", but this > would > need server changes, which are unwanted + not sure about legal > implications > of sending IMEI (maybe a hash - but still, this isn't nice). > - Identify the app through the place it's stored. But I don't know > where people will store these pre installed apps. I assume they go in the > same place as normal apps. They are not system apps / firmware. So I guess > this is also not a possibility. > > > > - Different settings in the manifest: The whole manifest, as well as > the code, seems to be overwritten on updates, so I guess this is also not > a > possibility. > > > Is there any other way to identify my installation subset. Maybe I'm > missing something very basic. Or what do you advice, generally? > > Thanks in advance. > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
