I'm introducing dynamic features in my Android app and want to know the scenario if I upload a new version to the store that contains updates in the dynamic feature module ONLY? Will all the users see that there is an update? Or will only the ones that have the dynamic feature installed see it?
Giving an example to make sure the question is clear.
Let's say the app has dynamic feature D. User A has the app installed and the dynamic feature D installed as well. User B has the app installed WITHOUT dynamic feature D. If the app developer uploades an update to the store that only has updates in the dynamic feature part. Will user B see that there's an update in the app?
You will upload a new .aab file for a new version of your app.
This is always the full application.
The Play Store decides what to deliver to the user via delta updates.
But there's no way for you as developer to only flag a single module for update.
Your question is pretty simple.All the users who have installed the app from playstore will see that a new update is available for download and it is there choice if they download it.
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hello there i want to ask about updating flutter app in play store
for example if i have a flutter app already published in play store and i have done some changes on it and now i have uploaded it to play store as an update.
so the question is :
1 - how may i notify the user that there is an update for my app ?
2 - and if i have unpublished app and i want to add links like rate my app and links related to my app in play store (it is unpublished yet) how can i get these links so that i may put them in my application before releasing it in play store
Generally speaking, you have to implement a custom solution for each case you asking about.
For example, to notify users you can:
Send push notifications to app users with information about an update being available. Clicking on such notification should lead to Play Market page with your application presented.
Or you can implement one more API route to your backend from which your app will request information about updates, e.g. a text file with the latest version of your app available. That version can be compared to the version of the application installed. If the new version is higher - show a popup notifying a user about the new update.
What relates to having links in your app that lead to the store page of your app - I think the second option I described above will also handle this issue. Custom API that returns a link in simple text format that if not empty could be opened. If you are just trying to avoid additional update - this solution will work.
Use the flutter package upgrader. will serve you well
I have a client for whom I have made three apps for different regions (App 1, App2, App3).
Now the client changed his strategy and instead of having a different brand for every region he wants just one global brand which also means one app. He obviously doesn't want to lose the users of the three old apps in the process so my question is: can I somehow merge all these apps into one on Google Play and Apple Store?
I couldn't find sufficient information anywhere. All I could think of was to update all three with a new package but that would mean that three apps (now with the same name and same everything) remain in the stores, which would probably result in deletion.
Is there any way to do this?
you should tell all the users of 3 applications by notification that they need to download new application and their data will be transferred into the new application.
While Prashant Jaiswal has already answered it, let me elaborate it a bit.
Step-1
Provide an update to each of your 3 apps that shows an overlay with a message saying that We have a brand new version the app and current version of the app is going to be obsolete. Please install the new app from playstore
Step-2
If there are any local databases associated with your app, then make a provision to update all the user data to server as a backup which they can retrieve again from the new app.
Step-3
If your app has social media login associated with your app, then it will no longer be continued, since changing the package name will result in creation of new app, so you have to make necessary changes in your server to handle the social media login.
step-4
Make the provision to accommodate the changes of step-1 to step-3 in your existing apps so that the migration can be taken place, and once user clicks on the install new version, begin your migration process before redirecting user to the play store.
step-5
Then use this link for Android Implicit intent to uninstall application? to uninstall your existing apps once the new app is downloaded and follow something similar for iOS part.
final step
All the above steps I mentioned by considering the general app design, there might be few more things that you have to consider based on the complexity of your app and its interaction with the servers
Just so that you know, you can not merge the three apps directly at
playstore. The only way to merge the apps is create a merged app and
redirect the users.
On Android I think that you can 'unpublish' an application so that no new users can download the application but that the user who already have the application will recieve new versions that are uploaded to google play (or so it seems to say here: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113476?hl=en&ref_topic=3450986 )
However I can't find any information on iOS. Can I remove the app but still update existing customers with a new version?
Just for context the update I want to issue for both OS is basically an app which displays a 'app is now closed' message.
Any help would be gratefully received.
Can I remove the app but still update existing customers with a new version?
As far as I am concerned, you can't do this in the App Store.
No, this isn't possible. Once you remove the app, nobody will see it in the app store. Existing users of the app won't see any updates that you may have published before removing it that they never installed. It's just gone if you remove it from the app store.
You could publish an app update that includes some kind of notification system within the app, and keep that in the store long enough for most users to upgrade. Then after you pull the app from the store, you could update this message (presumably it would retrieve this message from your server) to state that the app is no longer available, and maybe direct them to whatever you have that you're replacing it with (assuming you're replacing it). Otherwise, I don't see why you necessarily need to inform existing users that you've removed the app. If there are server-side components that it accesses, and you're shutting those down, I guess the app will simply cease to function for existing users.
I also don't think there is a way to offer updates without new customers being able to buy the app.
Why not increase the price of the app to the highest price allowed in the app store, so that no one will buy it? That way you can offer an update for your existing customers, but effectively stop new sales. If the new price is $1999.00 US, I doubt if you will get any takers...
Are there any special requirements my app should obey to ensure users are notofied when an update is available? (My current app is freeware if it matters)
Google play shows automatic update once you release a newer version of your app in google play. But the update can be see only if the user visits your app in Google play.
If you want to show the update notification at the launch of your application, then some extra coding is required.
You can write a code inside the start of your application to read a file from some server, which contains the version number of your app.
Evereytime you update the application, you can change the version number in the server.
So, once the app gets a different version number as compared t previous one saved in sharedPreference, you can write logic to launch googleplay to update your app and also update your sharedPreference with latest version number.
Hope you understand what I am trying to say.
In one of our projects where we are implementing an application using Android/HTML5/JavaScript there is a requirement for having an Android Auto update kinda feature which is as described below:
Update Native version: The Native version of our application should be easy to update. New versions should be possible to “push”, or at least notify, the user of. Does this require that we publish it to the Android Market?
As of now Notification of the new version can be send to the device but we need an approach to automatically download the new version and install ie., either update the existing version or overwrite it. Hosting the new version in Android market is the last option according to the client
If someone/somebody has earlier come across or implemented such a feature, could you kindly reply back.
If you are using the Android market , the best solution is to just notify the user that an update is available. Depending on the update or Application you may decide not to allow the user the access the app if an update is available.
You will always need to push a new APK to the market , the user may setup the auto update feature but I believe there is no way for an app to force the setting.
Any method which will allow the app to auto update would either need more privileges from users or a routed device , which I guess is not a big enough percentage of users to try the feature.
The android market allow to auto-update applications. Is you want to do it without using the android market, your users will have to enable apk install from unknown sources and they will have to confirm each installation (unless their phones are rooted I think)
There is a nice service called http://push-link.com
This hosts you APK and manage updates. You can choose how the user is going to be notified and see the progress installation of all version.
Cheers...