I have made a simple android application and it does not have any web services. The Application is present in the Playstore. Suppose If I have fixed a bug in it and I want the users of the application update to the newer one. How can I do this? Please help me out!!
Thanks in Advance.
Application updates depend on play store and the settings of the user on his/her device.
Short answer: without a web service, i don't think its possible to do that.
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Firstly, I am not a coding guy. So please explain to me like a 5 year old! :)
The problem that I am facing is that is it possible for an Android app to automatically recognize whether the user has rated that particular app on the play store or not? There are pop-ups etc which can guide the user to the play store page and rating can be done there, but does the app realize that it has been rated? If so, then is there a particular code that needs to be included wile developing the app?
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A simple 5-year-old answer: No, there is no way to do this.
We have project requirement where we need to force the user to upgrade the app in android and iOS both. And the application we have developed using the Hybrid technology phonegap + dojo.
I have few question with respect to that
Is it possible to make the user upgrade the app as soon as he opens the application
If yes then is there any API's available to perform this task in Android and iOS.
Is there any restriction from Apple and Android to make user upgrade forcefully.
Please can anyone help me in this. thanks a lot.
There is no API for this, but you can create a service that returns the version number of the latest allowed app or something to that effect, that can get checked on application launch and if it does not match you can ask the users to update.
I'm not sure if Apple/Google have any restrictions on this, but I've worked on a project that does this and there weren't any issues on either platform.
The only catch here is that if you already have an app in store then this might not be so feasible.
So to answer your questions:
No
No
Not 100% certain, but I don't think so.
Not if they don't want to. With mobile devices some people are sensitive about rationing out their limited bandwidth so there would be a small uproar if this was allowed.
It may be a bit late now if your app has already left the stable, but would it not be more user friendly for your app to check for updates and gently inform the user that if they do not update then the app will not be able to function until they do. If a user truly doesn't care about that sort of thing there are settings on there device to allow updates automaticly
I developed an android application and I have put it in android app store by paying 25 bucks. However some people are using my application in their device. I wanna know, if I upload the updated version of my app in app store then how user finds that out?
I found out some links on the same context in android developer site and all but didn't technically clear out my understanding. Basically I want to know,
how android app update mechanism works?
How device gets notification of available updates?
Please provide some clarity as a developer point of view/ code level.
Reffered links:
Android app update mechanism http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/versioning.html#minsdkversion
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Try this code hope thats what you want.
I have developed a application. i want to make user to subscribe it for one year. After one year i want to disable/uninstall my application automatically.
How can i do this?
Thank you.
If it's a paid application, you should be able to use the licensing available on the Android marketplace to do what you require. It will not uninstall the application but it should be able to disable it.
edit: However, I don't have enough experience with the licensing to know if uninstalling and reinstalling the app will reset the time period or if there is any way to allow reinstalls. It may be worth experimenting with though.
i have completed my First android application and i have deployed that application to different android based mobile phones
which is working fine.
my question to you is, is there iphone store like thing exists in android to upload your application by paying fee to android store or something like that..
or nothing or should i start passing my application to end users directly?
any help would be appriciated.
Yeah there is the Android Marketplace which you can find more details on at http://market.android.com/publish It costs $25 once off to register and you're free to upload your applications (which are available almost instantly)
Both is possible. You can distribute your app via the AndroidMarket and at the same time just share the apk file.