Honestly writing a quick app for your distribution and update management isn't that hard. I threw one together for my company in about a week in my spare cycles. Granted, the infrastructure side of things was already complete, but it works a heck of a lot better than using the browser (which was always a PITA from a usability standpoint). The app I wrote can do update notifications, download and go straight to the installer, go to app info screen (where you can clear data), uninstall, and quite a bit more just by making good use of the PackageManager and other apis that a browser based solution wouldn't be able to come close to. This way you can distribute your OTA app anonymously, handle the login and secure portions in the OTA app, and have more functionality.
On Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:13:02 PM UTC-8, MikeG wrote: > > No, I understood what you were saying but until you commented "You are not > their Customer" it did not sink home.. > > So, from what I am reading so far my options are pretty limited. Build my > own company market or dashboard app, install a browser capable of > authenticating apk, or purchase some Middleware Market to deploy > my Company Sensitive apps. Either that or distribute them anonymously of > via email blast (which makes updating a PITA). <geez> > > I think Google is missing an opportunity here for a whole new side market > for lack of the ability to authenticate an apk file. > > Thanks for the feedback! > > M > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/hb6qksT9jCUJ. 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-discuss?hl=en.
