There are plenty of alternatives, including some that will automatically popup a reminder if there is an update in the market.
The Play Market system is pretty awesome, and works pretty well almost always. I usually see my app updated within 15 minutes to an hour, and don't have issues with people not updating. My app requires running on the current version - if the app is out of date, I have home grown code that notifies them, and provides a link to update in the market. I would stick with the Play Market distribution model it is very robust, and works great - I think it is one of the great things about Android - and really works well. On Friday, November 9, 2012 7:09:18 AM UTC-7, John wrote: > > You get the generic, "There are 50 updates available notification" in the > notification area and if you click it you get taken to the Play store with > all apps that have updates. Its best to build something into your app that > goes to the net once in a while and checks for an update and pops up a > dialog box. > > On Friday, November 2, 2012 10:02:54 PM UTC+1, Jungle Jim wrote: >> >> I have recently written and uploaded to Google Play an update to a free >> app I have written. It has about 50 active device installs. >> >> In order to notify the people who have active device installs, do I need >> to do something particular in Google Play or Android Developer Console? Or >> does it automatically notify the users that an update is available? >> >> Thanks. >> > -- 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/-/bNl2wXsOzzwJ. 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.
