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How to update apps in Android things?

I'm new in Android Things and was trying to do OTA updates. In Android things console whenever I pushed a new OTA, along with the new app version, it refreshed the image as well. However, I want my image to be the same as earlier and just app to get replaced over the air. Is it possible?.
I have been thinking to use play store to update my app in android things. Can it be done?
Thank you in Advance.

In Android Things, all apps on the system are bundled in an updated OTA image and updated in that way. There's no mechanism for updating individual applications like on Google Play.

Uploaded an Application to the play store but it won't open

So I recently uploaded my Android application to the Google Play store and it published successfully. This is the application here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kyoudai.sudioku
The problem is, when anyone installs thiis application, they cannot open it i.e. the open option does not appear on the playstore, only the uninstall option. This application also cannot be found in the application drawer on any device, or in the list of installed applications. I've tried editing my manifest and included everything necessary but I have no idea why this happens. I generally believe if there was an issue with my code that should not be possible for an android application, the play store would flag it. When I was developing this, it showed up on the emulator application drawer so I assumed it was fine. I'm not sure why this happens, and I'm not even sure where to contact google regarding this. Any help is appreciated.
Given people are gonna jump on the manifest configuration, here it is: https://github.com/BerserkerLan/Sudoku-Android/blob/master/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

make sure that your build is signed APK/Bundle

So basically, the issue was that I just had too many category elements in my intent-filter and thus somehow that was interfering with the MAIN, VIEW and LAUNCHER elements, so now I only have those three in it and it launches fine.

Update default app automaticall from market

I have a lower version App installed in device using adb install command. I have a higher version of App in Android Market. I would make update the app in device automatically from Android Market. I saw the similar post below:
Prompt Android App User to Update App if current version <> market version
Is there a way to automatically update application on Android?
but Neither of those posts answer this question.
They mush have some solution. just like Goole Maps and Gmail does. I don't know how Google Maps does it?
someone suggest uses
http://code.google.com/p/android-market-api/
But it failed for me on code below: (android 3.2)
session.login("mymail#gmail.com",password);
Thank you in advance.

this is not really possible since your app wasn't first installed from the Android Market, so the market doesn't know about this "purchase", doesn't track updates so it won't prompt the user to update, or auto-update the app.
The only way to do it is to install the app from the market, keeping the "auto-update" checkbox on.

Titanium to native android code causes app to crash unless data is removed

We originally wrote our app in titanium, but because titanium + android is so bad we made the devision to write V2 of the app in Java. App now works great but when the app updates from market, it crashes unless the app data is removed or V1 is uninstalled first.
How can I fix this issue? Is there a way of telling the market to fully remove app first before installing update?

it crashes unless the app data is removed or V1 is uninstalled firstBlockquote
already thought about buggy code? it's difficult to help without code.

Found out it is not possible. It appears you cannot choose to clear app data on an update :(

Android - unable to uninstall application

I have some Android market feedback for my app Hire*A*Droid where users complain that they are unable to uninstall the application. Here's two I have so far (about 10 days apart):
janelle: I uninstalled this app, but its still showing that its
installed under my downloads. What can i do ?
valerie: It's frozen I can't open or delete it.
anyone can help n tell me how..thanks
The app has nothing really special or tricky about it and I never experienced anything of the sort so I'm really lost at what this may be, how real it is and how to reproduce and deal with it? Any ideas, suggestions? If you have any questions that you think may help with this problem I'll be happy to provide more details
P.S. Worth nothing to mention - both complaints cost me a single star rating and no additional info was provided
P.P.S. After comment from PHP Jedi I noticed similar comments for other apps while browsing Android Market. I think this is quite common and it looks like Market bug. I will try to open a bug on Android Market support site
Cross-referenced to Android Market forum

I purchased a DROID a week back and was having the same problem. To uninstall an application from the DROID do the following.
Uninstalling an application from Android OS v2.1
Go to settings.
Go to Applications
Go to Manage applications.
Touch the application you wish to uninstall.
Touch uninstall.
Enjoy the fact that the application is gone.
The confusion I'm guessing your commenter's are having is when you hold your finger on an application you can drag it to a trash bin. This makes you think you are deleting the application when really you are removing it from your favorite applications list. Its very misleading.

from what i understand (i don't work on Market myself), the "Downloads" list inside Market can be out of date for up to a day, until it next gets an update from the server. the app isn't actually installed anymore, and Settings > Applications > Manage Applications will show that it is indeed gone.
i reported this as a Market bug internally last year. i've just added a link to this page from that bug, and i'll try to get someone to look at it.
(it may even already be fixed in newer versions. it would be interesting to know the most recent version you've seen it in.)

I could not say why the users complain, but I could say that your application work without problem on my HTC Magic, I don't get error when I tried to uninstall it.
Best Regards