Questions tagged [app-update]

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iOS Promo Codes and app updates

If a user has downloaded a 'Pending Developer Release' version (v1.0.0) of an iOS app via a promo code and we create a subsequent build (v1.0.1), will this automatically update v1.0.0 users apps? If v1.0.1 is still 'Pending Developer Release' and…
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Force users to update to latest version

I have an app published in the Play and App store, now I am in the work of publishing a new version for the app to both Play (Android) and App stores (iOS). Now, I want all the users to update to the new version when they use the app and not allow…
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Reduce APK Size using Patch and Update on Google Play Store

I recently read about that Google is using File-by-File Patching and another one algorithm BsDiff - Delta update which patches apk files and gives only update sized apk to download from Play Store. I went through below blogs and links: 1)…
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Android Studio uninstalling previous app on testing upgrade to my app

I have already installed my signed apk app on my device. Now I am giving an update to my app. when I install update from android studio, It asks to uninstall previous app (Obviously because sign identity). I want to import some data from previous…
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Android service stop after updating app

I am running a service on regular time interval of 10 sec. It is working fine but when I update the app in google play store , service is not running after that until I restart my phone. What may be possible cause
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Can I use an Android Push Notification to set a value in my Android App

I have an Android App I am building and I want to do something similar to what iOS does when you push a notification the app will launch in the background and perform a task then go back to sleep. I want to do this be cause I need to set a…
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App updates in different appstores

I uploaded my app in Google Playstore. So, there are other third party appstores(side-loaded) like Appbrain, which automatically pull apps from Google Play store. My queries are: Will my app get updated automatically in those markets, when I update…
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In app update in android always give UpdateAvailability.UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE

I am using in-app update but it is not working in production. I tried various ways but could not resolve the issue. The code is in java for android studio project My code is below:- private void checkUpdate() { Task
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Perform in app force update using current and required build numbers

I want to force update my app. Here's what I have done so far. Obtained the current build version of my app using package_info_plus Obtained the enforced build version which I have stored in the firebase remote config. So I used this package:…
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Exception on StoreContext.GetAppAndOptionalStorePackageUpdatesAsync

I am new in .Net development. In a UWP app i need to check for package update in Store. I have followed this tutorial. For below code i am getting Exception. StoreContext context = StoreContext.GetDefault(); // Get the updates that are available. …
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GMS update - How apkmirror website gets GMS update for Android apps

I am using APKMIRROR for a while for distributing my apps to my customers. It works perfectly to show app updates to my customers. I understand how app update functionality works in devices via Google Play Store. I am curious to know how the APK…
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Android database (Room) not updating after application update

I'm kind of new to Android development, but I'm taking over some project somebody more experimented than me did. I'm making an application that retrieves data from the internet at startup and creates (or updates) a room database to store the…
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Google Play Console Rejected My App Update and Said something about Full Description

My app is live on google play store and i did some minor changes to the layout and updated some dependencies of firebase, They rejected saying - Your app appears to use popular brands, characters, and other assets associated with patterns of harmful…
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Will my app get killed when i receive app OTA updates?

I'm receiving latest app update (for App-X) during which I'm noticing that if the App-X is currently running it's getting killed. Is this an expected scenario? Why android kills the running process? What is the technical reasoning behind this? If…
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Published app showing different signatures on google play

I have an app on playstore hosted via someone else's account. I made an update via playstore, it went successful. Now i was checking third release by directly installing apk from phone(not from playstore) to overwrite version 2, it failed to…