Re: [android-developers] Re: Automatic market updates

So how do I get my users up to the current published version when my app was deployed without the check-this-web-file-version-by-hand-code and I don't even know who my users are?

Is it absolutely crucial that your users have the most recent update the second it's put out? If not, don't worry about this. Put your update out and let the users discover it on their own, either if the Market actually works and notifies them or if they go check for updates manually.

Otherwise you'll have to suck it up and write some version checking code. This can't be that hard. Check a file on a web server, do a compare with the current version, notify the user with an alert that a new version is available and start the Market with your app when the user clicks the notification.

Why even bother with the manifest?

Because without a higher version number the Market won't know there's an update available. And you won't even be allowed to publish via the Market unless the version code is higher than what's already there.

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TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:16 AM, stanlick <stanlick@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow!  So the messages on this forum from over a year ago are still
applicable today?  It is incomprehensible to expect every app
developer to write this code and that to notify users about updates?
So how do I get my users up to the current published version when my
app was deployed without the check-this-web-file-version-by-hand-code
and I don't even know who my users are?  Why even bother with the
manifest?  Very sad.

Peace,
Scott

On Dec 18, 8:58 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't rely on those Market update notifications. Personally, I never
> get them when they should kick in. Instead I usually check My Downloads
> manually and, AFTER I've checked, the notification will kick in. And, not
> only is it ridiculously late, it usually tells me the wrong number of
> updates are available (usually twice as many as there actually are).
>
> If you need your users to know when new updates are available, best bet is
> to add this as a feature in your app.
>
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> TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking

>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:07 AM, stanlick <stanl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Vytautas  --
>
> > I was careful to update both android:versionCode and
> > android:versionName before I uploaded my new apk.  However, none of my
> > beta testers have received an update notification and it has been over
> > a week now.  I have read myriad comments about users not receiving
> > update notifications and many more about custom code developers are
> > having to place n their apps as a workaround.  Are you saying these
> > are problems of the past and don't exist any longer?
>
> > Peace,
> > Scott
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