I've an app on playstore...today i've updated a new version, but it isn't getting auto updated on wifi on my phone (that's my phone setting on google play). I'm confused bcoz 7 other apps got updated on my phone but not this one...Can anyone help?
Just wait. Google has to handle thousands of apps every hour, so it usually takes 3+ hours to get an update across the ecosystem.
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When I publish a new version in google play, why is not updated automatically in the final devices? even though the option of automatic update in the devices is activated
It will be updated automatically in devices with automatic updates, but not immediately. Some things that you might not expect:
Devices only checkin to Play about once a day for updates, then do all their updates together, instead of getting a push notification to update when a new version of an app comes out. If the push notification happened, imagine what would happen when YouTube pushes an update. Immediately 2 billion devices would all hit Google Play servers at the same time. This would be like a DoS attack on Google Play. Because different devices check in at different points over 24 hours, the load is spread.
By default devices only update when connected to WiFi and plugged into a power supply. Plugged into WiFi is the option because data can be very expensive for some users. If users want to update on mobile data they can change the setting. Power is because some update operations can use a lot of CPU. Downloading uses the network circuits and decompression and patching can be quite CPU intensive. By waiting until the device is plugged in, Google Play doesn't suddenly drain the battery of a user who is hoping it will last until they get home.
But you should see automatic updates for most users within a day or two of publishing your update. Some users itwill take a lot longer because they have disabled automatic updates or rarely have WiFi and Power at the same time.
I have an Android app which runs unattended on a tablet running Android 6.
I've uploaded an alpha version to Google Play and install it on an Android tablet.
I've remain logged-in to the Google Play on the tablet and auto-update is turned on.
Yet, my app is running now for 2 days since I've pushed an update to the app and the app still did not update.
If I open Google Play on the tablet I see the new version.
Is there anything else I need to do to have the app update automatically without use open Google Play and press Update?
Apps restart when they get updated. Because of this, Google Play tries to avoid auto-upating apps when they are running in the foreground as this is a bad user experience, the app restarting while the user is using it. This is one possible reason.
Another reason is Google Play by default only updates apps when the device is plugged into power and connected to wi-fi, to avoid draining the battery and using up the user's mobile data. This could be another reason.
However, if the app is not in the foreground and the tablet is plugged into power and on wi-fi, and autoupdate is turned on it should update within 24 hours. If it doesn't this is probably a bug. You should take a bug report and contact Google Developer support using the Google Play console.
A few weeks ago I developped an Android app for my company. The app can be downloaded by our customers on the company's website.
It's an offline app, but the user needs to download all the datas at first use.
Me and my team went through a few tests on the office's wifi, with different devices (Samsung, Huawei, ...) running on different Android version (4.3 to 5.0)
At first use, the user logs in and a loading screen appears, saying that the datas for first use are being downloaded, and it could take time. However, this information is false as it only takes a few seconds
I have a lot of negative feedback from our customers saying that they are blocked at this "first use" loading screen. They can login but the download of the datas for the first use doesn't work. However, they were able to download the app easily, so their internet connection is working. Also, the login function also needs an internet connection, and it works.
I had one of the customer on the phone, I told him to reinstall the app. He did it a few times and it finally worked.
An other customer gave me his device after trying to reinstall the app a few times. I installed the app from my office and it worked perfectly.
It seems like the app doesn't work on some wifi.
I'm using Volley to make the request to download the datas, a message should be displayed if the device is not connected to the internet, but it doesn't show (it does if I stop the device's wifi). It seems like the app detects the network but has no internet connection, and only in a few cases (as it works in our office)
Could someone help me ?
What could possibly be wrong in my app ? How can I debug the situation ?
I have (had) a Nexus device and lost it while backpacking in Europe. One year later, I've been able to see it online at the Google Device Manager, near southern Italy.
Despite me trying (and failing) to contact the owners of the Hostel, I've been unable to get the device erased or returned to me. For the past several months the device has been powered on and active.
My goal is to write an application, deploy it to the app store, and use my Google Play account (connected to the device) to download the app as I could do in the screen below.
I want the app to either
Erases the device
Locks the screen with a "Reward" message
An audio message
Something else?
.. the issue is that the user might not "permit" certain supervision activity if the OS requires it. (Device Administrator for example)
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What can I do on a 4.x Nexus, not requiring additional interactive permissions, after I send an app from the app store, to accomplish the goal of notifying the user (in Italian) or erasing sensitive material?
Someone stole my phone last night in a matter of a few minutes. A friend mentioned the Android app "Plan B" which can be remotely installed from the Google website. My question is regarding the actual state of being installed.
After clicking 'Install', it reports the app as 'Installed', but I'm assuming this is not a true state of things as it took only a page load to report it as installed. The question is:
After clicking install on the Google Play website, if the phone is off or otherwise unavailable, will it still report the app as installed?
Also, going in to 'My Orders' from the cogwheel in the top-right corner, it shows the app install status as 'Complete'. Again, I don't know if these are real or assumed statuses.
The easy way to answer these questions is to turn off your phone, install any app from the Google Play website, and check to see if the app is marked as both "installed" and "complete" under the order area.
I just tested this situation with my Nexus 4. I placed my Nexus 4 into the airplane mode (which has zero connectivity) and when to the playstore websited and install a random app. It said "Installed".
I then turned airplane mode off and then the new app instantly started installing as soon as my device connected to wifi.
Most android phones keep a very tight connection to the playstore. So as soon as the phone is turn on and connected to the Internet, it should auto-install right away. The only issue I can think of is that if your change your playstore settings to not autoupdate. Do you know if you enable that setting?
tldr;
Yes it lies to you. But As soon as the device is online and has internet connection it technically should install.