[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-09 Thread Jon Colverson
On May 7, 7:19 pm, android app codefan3...@gmail.com wrote: On my own device, I can uninstall the previous version and install the new version even signed with a different key. As you say, you have to _uninstall_ the old version first, so your users would have to do that as well. Does anyone

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-09 Thread Marco Nelissen
Uninstalling one version and then reinstalling another version is not the same as upgrading. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:19 AM, android app codefan3...@gmail.com wrote: Really? On my own device, I can uninstall the previous version and install the new version even signed with a different

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-08 Thread android app
Really? On my own device, I can uninstall the previous version and install the new version even signed with a different key. There must be a way for the developer to upload the new version with a different key in the Android Market. It makes sense for many possible scenarios. 1) the developer

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-08 Thread android app
Really? On my own device, I can uninstall the previous version and install the new version even signed with a different key. There must be a way for the developer to upload the new version with a different key in the Android Market. It makes sense for many possible scenarios. 1) the developer

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-08 Thread android app
Really? On my own device, I can uninstall the previous version and install the new version even signed with a different key. There must be a way for the developer to upload the new version with a different key in the Android Market. It makes sense for many possible scenarios. 1) the developer

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-08 Thread EboMike
Well, the docs make it very clear that your key is extremely important. If your laptop was stolen? Well, then your source code would be gone as well, unless you backed that up. And why would you back up your source code but not your key? You can ask a question on the Android Market forum, but I

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-07 Thread Marco Nelissen
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:36 AM, android app xiaog...@gmail.com wrote: I uploaded the new updates to the application in the market. There was no error message shown. It seemed that the uploading was successful. However, the version name and the app itself were still the old version. Please

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-07 Thread android app
However, on the device, you can uninstall the previous app, and install the new updated app signed with a different private key (or keystore file). The problem is with the uploading update in the Android Market. There must be a way to allow the developer to change the private key for published

[android-developers] Re: Urgent! can't update apps in market. No error message

2009-05-07 Thread Streets Of Boston
Developers need to backup their key-stores (and save their passwords to it) to prevent the exact problems you have right now. If one could change the signature of an app with a new key and the Market would allow the app with this different signature to be uploaded, people could hijack your app