I have created a test build of a GDK Glass app that I want to deliver to a few test users. However the app disappears after a reboot. Logcat shows this:
08-19 18:18:18.256: I/GlasswareSyncAdapter(978): Uninstalling Glassware ID #6DBADA7634397F00 (com.example.demo).
A look at the issue tracker explains that this is caused due to the fact that the MyGlass app didn't install this app and that the app thus isn't linked to the user's account.
Are there any workarounds? With a submission process of over a month how can we get our app tested properly?
The submission process should be less than a month at this point. I suggest that once you think you have things working, you submit the app.
Once submitted, you'll be working with the Review Process Team. They are able to create a whitelist (certainly of accounts, and possibly based on a list you can control through a Google Group) of who will be able to see the app on their MyGlass page. This will also allow you to test the app, including the auth flow, using the actual installation process.
It seems like this issue only occurs when the application you are side loading has been submitted to Google for approval. Just change change the package name of the APK you want to sideload and your problem should be solved.
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I have a flutter app that is designed to be placed as a fixed camera and based on what it sees give commands for IOT purposes.
To prevent it from sleeping, I am using a library called wakelock. (https://pub.dev/packages/wakelock)
Unfortunately, this doesn't prevent another issue, Google Prompts. When I log into my developer account on my laptop, the development phone is taken over by the prompt asking "Are you trying to sign in?"
I don't really want to have the solution be to log out of google on the phone, since the app is downloaded and updated via the play store.
I also don't want to disable 2F authentication, just don't want it to take over this developer phone, it's fine if it does so on my personal phone.
So a google settings solution, or a flutter code solution would be really helpful, have been able to find neither.
TLDR: I tried having the android phone as a 24/7 IOT camera with my flutter app, and was expecting it to stay on, but it was interrupted by the Google Prompt.
The easiest solution seem to me to set up a separate google account; this way the app could continue to be updated from the Play Store without being tied to your personal account, so you shouldn't receive 2fa prompts.
Another thing that might help is "Pinning" the app, which doesn't allow the app to be exited without authentication.
If neither of those work, a more advanced option could be to set up the phone with device management and use the lock task mode, but the work involved with setting that up is probably prohibitive for your use-case.
I have a problem with updating an Android app. My requirements to the application are:
It must work constantly (24/7);
Updating should also be automatic, with no user input.
I uploaded the application to the developer console to conduct beta-testing. Then, I installed it on the tablet (I used URL).
Then, I uploaded the update, but the application does not start the updating process automatically.
There are no added additional permissions. The "automatic updates" are turned on in Play Market settings.
4 days have passed. If I go to the app's page in the market, I see that an update is available, but it does not start the download process.
The question is: what may be the problem? Why does the app not update?
Is it possible that the app gets reinstalled instead of an update (thus requiring some user input to proceed)?
Thank you in advance!
in Google play store app, open side menu, go to settings, enable auto update apps. It should do the trick
The Google Play auto update solution does not seem to work, when the app is always running. The way to achieve it through enterprise management tools.
The developer console for android has functionality for reporting runtime crashes if users decide to report a crash. Other frameworks has similar features that sends crash-reports without involving the user.
Does anyone know of a way to report installations or upgrades that has failed? With android 5.0 I am getting more and more user-reports of failed installs, but it is hard to obtain logs from non-technical users of my app.
You cannot detect whether or not an installation has failed yourself, because there is no way to execute code before your app is actually installed. So the logical app to do such a thing would be the market app triggering the install (i.e. Google Play). This not only knows when each installation starts, but also knows all details about the apk to report to the right developer.
Unfortunately however, Google play does not support this currently (as far as I know) and hence you cannot detect failed installs.
On older Android phones you could ask users is to install a "logcat app" and email the logs to you for analysis, but this will only work for devices older than Jelly bean. (Read this Link)
The best solution I can come up with (Mac only) is to ask users to install AndroidTool, press one button to generate a bugreport and email that to you. Not great, but for now the best you can do.
You can build an api that reports successful installation. Just call the api in onCreate of first activity. I don't think there is need to collect log on why the installation failed, is it needed ? You can do the same for upgrade, call an api one time from upgraded code.
From what I read on SO, it seems that I want the impossible (?)
I have a kiosk-like app that is supposed to run 24/24, 7/7, 365/365. This makes it hard/impossible to update the app. As far as I know, Google Play will not start the update (even if Autoupdate is set for my app) while my app is running.
I read across SO and several forums an found a lot of NO's and CON's. My current answer is that is not possible without rooting the device or without some system certificates and so on.
But still, I have the following scenario:
I created a google account myGoogleAccount#gmail.com
On my device I add this account and install my application from Google Play store.
On my desktop machine I log into GPlay with the same account and I go to my application and I see that my app is Installed. If I click on the Installed button I can see my device.
I publish a new version of the app, when the app becomes available, from my application's page open on desktop I can send a command to update the app.
I get the prompt to accept the terms bla-bla, and once I accept it, the app is automatically updated even if it is currently running.
Basically this is the behavior I am interested in. My question is: can I run this scenario from my device [invoking some GPlay api's] given the fact that I can provide the google account credentials to the app, so that no user intervention is required to update the app and to accept whatever unchanged permissions?
Hockey app allows me to automatically pull crash reports; without the user explicitly sending the report each time. Does the play store do the same thing for my app? With hockey app, I have to use a function ( CrashManagerListener). How would I accomplish the same with the play store?
No, Playstore/Appstore does not do that.
Though, I would like to add that don't use the "send reports automatically" via HockeyApp. I might seem convenient, but trust me, many users won't appreciate it that your app is doing things in the background without their consent.
I would have given my user an option to send or not to send the error reports back to me.