I bet if you never pushed the "Publish" or the "Save" button, you can
reactivate an older APK.

But once you publish, a user might have a newer version of the app on
their phone than what's available on the Market.  Then you update your
app again, essentially forkiing your app.  This can become a huge
versioning nightmare, especially for more complex apps, and I am not
surprised it's not supported.

On Oct 28, 9:18 am, William Ferguson <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Not suggesting you could or should roll back what the user has
> installed.
> But would like to withdraw a bad APK so other users don't install it.
>
> But as has been pointed out this is not possible without loading up
> another APK with a higher version nr than any previous APKs.
>
> On Oct 28, 1:13 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > This has always been this way, and it makes sense as you cannot "roll
> > back"what the user has installed.
>
> > On Oct 27, 11:08 pm, William Ferguson <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > I had exactly the same situation tonight.
> > > It has to be a Market Console bug, otherwise what is the value of the
> > > reactivate button.
>
> > > On Oct 27, 3:40 pm, Dusk Jockeys Android Apps <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Before I waste my time by asking Market Support, who as we all know
> > > > are about as useful as a chocolate teapot, has anyone managed to
> > > > successfully re-activate a previous APK in the Developer Console?
>
> > > > I had a situation where I made an update last night, quickly realised
> > > > there was a bug and wanted to rollback to the previous version. But I
> > > > was unable to. When I deactivated the new one and tried to reactivate
> > > > the older one it wouldn't let me, because the older one's Version
> > > > Number was lower than the current one. Well, yes, obviously.
>
> > > > In the end, I had to recompile my previous version with a newer
> > > > version number, and release that as an "update". Mental.
>
> > > > What is the point of a re-activate button that doesnt let you re-
> > > > activate? Or am I missing something?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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