Automatically update apps inside the Windows 10 IoT Core?

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Recently I have a question. If I write an UWP app and install into a Raspberry Pi with Windows IoT Core OS, is it possible that I set a automatic OTA update for my app inside the Raspberry Pi, just like normal UWP apps in Windows App Store do?

EDIT: Just for my apps, not for upgrading Windows OS (since it can be upgraded directly by Windows Update)

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '16 at 08:05

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Great question.

I'd suggest looking at a higher level device management solution that can provide updates of any type to a device via an IoT event hub. This is still in preview but check out this Microsoft post on getting started with something like this:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/iot-hub-device-management-get-started/

answered Jul 26 '16 at 08:05

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Excellent! I will have a try later! – Jackson Ming Hu Jul 26 '16 at 09:24
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link died :/ Is there an alternative for this,.? – T.S Aug 24 '17 at 14:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '16 at 17:19

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Since Windows IoT Core does not contain the Windows Store, it is impossible to enable automatic app updates like on your Windows 10 PC with the built-in tools. As far as I know you can only manually upload an app from your Pi's web interface, Visual Studio or maybe CMD/PowerShell/putty.

answered Jul 24 '16 at 17:19

Okay thanks. Then... is it possible to run a background .NET console executable program (commmon *.exe binary) to do this kind of job? – Jackson Ming Hu Jul 24 '16 at 22:41
...or probably some powershell script? – Jackson Ming Hu Jul 24 '16 at 22:42
No, you cannot run background .NET console executable, you'll run into some .NET framework assembly missing exception. .NET framework does not support ARM. – Jackie Jul 25 '16 at 01:05
You'll need to target .NET Core. – Jackie Jul 25 '16 at 01:05
@Jackie Okay thanks for your reply. I will have a try on .NET Core instead, or probably use pure c/c++ – Jackson Ming Hu Jul 25 '16 at 05:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '16 at 23:04

It seems that I can use ProcessLauncher function in UWP app and start a new exe binary (of course it has to be compiled for ARM platform) to do the job. See here: Windows Developer - ProcessLauncher.

But anyway, my RPi3 is still on the way right now, I can't prove if my app can really can let another exe binary (or PowerShell script) to upgrade itself. Hope it can~!

Automatically update apps inside the Windows 10 IoT Core?

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