Delivering the APK on most devices would be very bad. Users with the app installed via that method will not be able to rate or comment on the app's Market page, will not receive updates, will not count toward the app's download or install count.
The only good time to stream the APK is if the Android device doesn't have Market installed. There's no good way for the server to know if that is the case or not. On Apr 8, 2:42 am, ko5tik <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 7, 8:49 pm, Lance Nanek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >In this case just stream out your apk > > > That would be great if it could be made to work. The problem is that, > > as far as I know, there is no way to tell if the particular device > > accessing the URL has Market installed. It isn't in the user agent. So > > the server wouldn't know if it should send the market redirect or > > stream the APK. > > Delivering APK will work on most devices (there is usually custom mime > handler, > unless carrier decided to route everything to his own) > > regards, -- 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, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
