I am pretty sure the market is doing this filtering now. And yes, if it sees a newer version of an app that is pre-installed on the system image, it will offer the user an update. This is how updates to the maps app are delivered.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:26 PM, John Seghers <[email protected]> wrote: > We're preloading apps that require specific OEM-level integration. Due > to advice in an earlier discussion(http://tinyurl.com/yzpzwgd) we have > a model-specific library and our application contains the <uses- > library> element in the Manifest to reference this library. > > In that earlier discussion Dianne stated that, at some point in the > future, the Marketplace would check for that prerequisite prior to > displaying an update as being available. I.e. that if we put updates > for two handset models (each with a different <uses-library>) that > each of those handsets would see the update meant for that model, and > none others would see it at all. > > I would like to know if there's any more clarity as to when this > functionality will exist in the Marketplace? > > Also, do the package names of the differently-targetted applications > need to be unique? > > I also wanted to clarify an assumption based on further questions > asked by others in the earlier thread: Will the Marketplace > application properly pick up that there is an update available for a > preloaded application (assuming they are both signed by the same > certificate and use the same package name). > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
