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Auto-updating is software functionality that allows a program to maintain whether it or the supporting data is up-to-date in an automatic fashion.

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Delta update for Android App updates

I am trying to setup my own Server to host apk files which will be available for installs and updates in the client App. On new version update of apk, only the updated part should get downloaded at the client end. I am able to generate a patch file…
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python & postgresql: reliably check for updates in a specific table

Situation: I have a live trading script which computes all sorts of stuff every x minutes in my main thread (Python). the order sending is performed through such thread. the reception and execution of such orders though is a different matter as I…
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Close shared files programmatically

The company I'm working with has a program written in ye olde vb6, which is updated pretty frequently, and most clients run the executable from a mapped network drive. This actually has surprisingly few issues, the biggest of which is automatic…
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How do I keep .NET applications pinned to the Task Bar during AutoUpdate?

When an application deployed by ClickOnce AutoUpdate is automatically updated on Windows 7, the application becomes unpinnned from the taskbar. Is there a way to stop it from becoming unpinned?
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How to auto update a continuously running Android app without user interaction

We have an app in the Google Play Store that runs in the foreground continuously. The devices that it runs on are out of our control and are not rooted. They run on either Android 4.2 or 4.4. Our goal is to have the app update to the newest version…
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My Application's Auto-update utility is triggering Anti-Virus

I've created an auto-updating application which is distributed to 100s of users. The auto-update utility is being flagged by 55% of antiviruses on virustotal ( link ). My application was created in Delphi 7. Most of the flags are saying that this is…
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Self Updating Program

So, this is something that's been on my mind for a while now. How can you take a program, and make it 'auto-update'. So let's say an outer shell that checks Myserver.com/myProg/updates.xml (or some other resource) and checks to make sure…
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is autoupdating possible in Android without using android market?

Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to automatically update application on Android? As a property of an application(NOT USING GOOGLE PLAY), an auto-updating possible in android? I mean can a application check and download the new apk file, and…
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Strategies For Replacing Program Executable in Windows

I have a Windows program that needs to update itself from a server automatically. It is already able to transfer files from the server and update + validate things like DLL plugin files before loading them. However, this program also needs to update…
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How can an app enable "Allow Automatic Updating" in the Android market

I noticed that some apps like Google Maps, Facebook for Android etc. (all preloaded BTW), have their "Allow Automatic Updates" check box checked without me doing so. Is it possible for preloaded apps only? How can I achieve that with my app?
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Automatic updates - what is 'adequate' security?

There are a few questions (C#, Java) that cover how one might implement automatic updates. It appears initially easy to provide automatic updates, and there are seemingly no good reasons not to provide automatic updates for most software. However,…
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Can I update my Electron app with a zip file using Electron Builder?

I'm using Electron Builder for packaging my app and handling auto-updating. Is it possible to have my application auto-update from a zip file in a static directory? It says only NSIS is supported for auto-updating, which I think means that using…
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WPF - Auto refresh combobox content

I got a sample mvvm app. The UI has a textbox, a button and a combobox. when I enter something in the textbox and hit the button, the text I enter gets added to an observablecollection. The Combobox is bound to that collection. How do I get the…
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Trust custom CA in electron-builder's autoUpdater, without importing to system

How can we programmatically make the autoUpdate of electron-builder trust a specific custom CA certificate when fetching updates using the GenericHTTPServer provider? The solution should not involve importing the certificate to the system and should…
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Can I disable the update notification of VsCode?

VsCode nags me everytime there's an update, i.e. every month or so. Installing the update is a bit complicated (go to Website, download Deb, open terminal, sudo dpkg etc.) so I would like VsCode to not bother me with this update bar. Is it…
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