0

Is it possible to initiate a fully automated app installation (after a user clicked a "Install app" button)? Or do I simply have to open the respective Google Play page in the browser, and the user has to handle installation from Google Play as usual?

mrd
  • 4,561
  • 10
  • 54
  • 92

1 Answers1

2

No. It is impossible to install apps from the API without user intervention. There are a number of reasons for this, you could perform privilege escalation, to mention one. Instead, you just have to redirect the user to the Google Play app.

Kristopher Micinski
  • 7,572
  • 3
  • 29
  • 34
  • OK, makes sense. Thought there might be an mechanism, which asks the user inside the app about privileges etc... – mrd May 20 '12 at 20:06