On Apr 5, 11:42 pm, "~ TreKing" <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Eurig Jones <eurigjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm intending to release my application through the Android Market and I > > want to make sure I can deploy new releases of the app and the users will be > > able to be notified of these and upgrade to them as soon as they can. > > This should happen automatically via the Android Market app.
Even for Android 1.5? > > > The Android documentation states that, appart from the android:versionCode > > property, it is entirely up to the application to provide an upgrade > > routine. > > This is entirely optional and not necessary. In fact, I'd recommend you not > waste your time with it and let people be notified by the Android Market app > (when it work, it often doesn't) or discover it on their own. So I guess the market app for doing this is a bit unreliable then? > > > What is the best strategy to achieve this? > > I don't know about "best", but you could simple have a file on a server that > had nothing more than a version code in it. On start up you app could check > this file and see if the code in that file was greater than it's own current > code. If so, it would notify the user that a new version was available and > could take them to the market to get it. Ok. So once I notify the user that there is a new release available, where or how do I link to the correct screen in the Market app for them to download it? Thanks for your reply! Eurig Jones -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
