Best way to update android app without playstore update

Question

I have to build an app that can show a list of events e.g. cinema listings that will work either online and offline. I need to know the best way to send updates to the list/array of events when a user is online without having to push updates in the google play store as they get added/updated daily

I am fairly new to this particular problem, I have made several apps in the past but they were purely informational updating once or twice a quarter or used webviews to online calendars (which isn't an option if the user needs to see a stored list when offline)

Ideally, I just need a way to check if there are any new events and store them in the array or update a textview if there is.

@Swayangjit updating the data on the app e.g. contents of an array — begs89, Nov 01 '19 at 11:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '19 at 09:35

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You will need a webservice for this. Call the API from your application to get upddated data from your server.

answered Nov 01 '19 at 09:35

Prashant Sable

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And this will data will be cached and accessible when the user is offline? – begs89 Nov 01 '19 at 09:50
Yes, if you save the data either in your sqlite database or use Realm database. See more here for realm https://realm.io/docs/java/latest/ – Steve Kamau Nov 01 '19 at 09:53
You can store that data in database for offline use. – Prashant Sable Nov 01 '19 at 09:53
if the answer helped you then pls upvote it. It gives motivation to help others also. – Prashant Sable Nov 01 '19 at 12:55
@PrashantSable upvoted! quick question, do you know of any tutorials on this? – begs89 Nov 01 '19 at 13:14

Best way to update android app without playstore update

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