Android Market is indeed buggy in the area of Automatic backups. I've also got complains that the app is not reinstalled on new er device. In addition it doesn't restore prefs. So apps who store app data in prefs got their data deleted once they get reinstall on new device. It is possible to write code to support backups via android market API but it is also buggu and works with Android 2.2 and above so users who switch from older phones don't have a good chance to save their data even if they do manage to reinstall their app. There is another problem here that we might deal in the near future. Most android users phones belong to the same generation of 2.1-2.3+ and the market is almost saturated. Maybe 95% of them. Most of these devices won't be upgraded to 4.0+ due to the older hardware. So at one point in the future there will be a massive migration to the newer generation of devices. Many apps will be lost during this process.
On Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:29:06 PM UTC+3, TreKing wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Nathan wrote: > >> Yet here is a >> person that seemed to expect an app to jump to new phone without any >> user intervention whatsoever. That might happen on Chrome OS, but it >> is not a reality for Android. >> > > Actually, if you go to Settings, Privacy Settings, Automatic Restore, this > is exactly what should happen. I've seen it work on my own devices in the > past. All apps you've downloaded from Android Market automatically start > downloading when you sign into the new device / Market with your Google > Account. > > However, this apparently does not always work, as it did not work the last > time I switched devices, so maybe they changed the functionality. Or it's > bugged - it's the Android Market after all. > > So perhaps your user had this feature enabled and it worked for other apps > but not yours? I don't suppose he gave you that much info? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- 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/-/sAGO5Ebm5vkJ. 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.
