Thanks bro -- I realize it's not much code (or hard to write) but it is silly that a year later, the Android Market still isn't up to speed. What happened to not repeating yourself in code?
Peace, Scott On Dec 18, 12:32 pm, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So how do I get my users up to the current published version when my app > > was deployed without the check-this-web-file-version-by-hand-code and I > > don't even know who my users are? > > Is it absolutely crucial that your users have the most recent update the > second it's put out? If not, don't worry about this. Put your update out and > let the users discover it on their own, either if the Market actually works > and notifies them or if they go check for updates manually. > > Otherwise you'll have to suck it up and write some version checking code. > This can't be that hard. Check a file on a web server, do a compare with the > current version, notify the user with an alert that a new version is > available and start the Market with your app when the user clicks the > notification. > > Why even bother with the manifest? > > Because without a higher version number the Market won't know there's an > update available. And you won't even be allowed to publish via the Market > unless the version code is higher than what's already there. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered > deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:16 AM, stanlick <stanl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wow! So the messages on this forum from over a year ago are still > > applicable today? It is incomprehensible to expect every app > > developer to write this code and that to notify users about updates? > > So how do I get my users up to the current published version when my > > app was deployed without the check-this-web-file-version-by-hand-code > > and I don't even know who my users are? Why even bother with the > > manifest? Very sad. > > > Peace, > > Scott > > > On Dec 18, 8:58 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I wouldn't rely on those Market update notifications. Personally, I never > > > get them when they should kick in. Instead I usually check My Downloads > > > manually and, AFTER I've checked, the notification will kick in. And, not > > > only is it ridiculously late, it usually tells me the wrong number of > > > updates are available (usually twice as many as there actually are). > > > > If you need your users to know when new updates are available, best bet > > is > > > to add this as a feature in your app. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered deviceshttp:// > > sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:07 AM, stanlick <stanl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks Vytautas -- > > > > > I was careful to update both android:versionCode and > > > > android:versionName before I uploaded my new apk. However, none of my > > > > beta testers have received an update notification and it has been over > > > > a week now. I have read myriad comments about users not receiving > > > > update notifications and many more about custom code developers are > > > > having to place n their apps as a workaround. Are you saying these > > > > are problems of the past and don't exist any longer? > > > > > Peace, > > > > Scott > > > > > -- > > > > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > 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 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
