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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How to create an OTA update for custom AOSP Rom?
We're developing our custom Android ROM and we're interested to provide Over-The-Air (OTA) updates to our clients. Can someone point me a detailed step-to-step on how to create an OTA update for a custom Android Open-Source Project (AOSP)? I've…

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Continues Speech Recognition beep sound after Google Search update
I have an app that keeps on listening to voice and converting it to commands using Google Voice API.
I have been using setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, true) to mute the beep and it worked until a couple of days ago before "Google Search"…

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Android autoupdate from own server
Ive been looking for a good example, how to update my own developed application. So, I have an installed apk on my device and when I started it I'd like to check if any updates are exist on my server. If it does, then download from the webserver and…

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Auto update java application
I am building Java application that will be downloaded for free from the web. I want to add an auto update feature in case of fixing bugs or enhancing the application. For auto update I split my program to 3 units.
Base - very small code that will…

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NSIS - Silent Autoupdate Application
I have an NSIS install kit for my .net c# application.
Is there a way to silently autoupdate my application, considering that I already downloaded the new update (new NSIS app version) to local computer ?
Thanks! :)

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Getting a pre-authenticated URL to an S3 bucket
I am attempting to use an S3 bucket as a deployment location for an internal, auto-updating application's files. It would be the location where the new version's files are dumped for the application to puck up on an update. Since this is an…

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NetSparkle vs SparkleDotNET
I want to add an autoupdate feature to my application and I discovered NetSparkle and SparkleDotNET.
Anyone know one of these libraries?
What are their pros and cons?
Thanks.

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how to have a windows service self update?
All the solutions I can find on this topic are very old and none of them appear to answer my question...
I am trying to create a windows service that can self update (or auto update by some external trigger). In the past, I had created a windows…

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Automatically update label from global variables when changes
So here is my program.
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
static int count = 0;
public Form1(){InitializeComponent();}
private void…

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Online updating a C# program
Greetings,
I'm sorry if this question has been asked already. I've tried using the search function but couldn't find any answer that suited my situation.
I have a real simple C# form application of only 1 file, a exe.
I distributed this currently by…

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2017 equivalent of Wix ClickThrough
I've recently gotten involved in using Wix to create an installer for my C# application.
I'm looking for some functionality that provides the ability to auto-update or check for updates in some fashion.
From my searches I've found that ClickThrough…

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Silently update a Windows service
I have built a Windows service, now I want it to auto-update. I have read about a creating a second service to do that or different program , cant use click one, what about myBuild? Does anyone know it? What is the best way? Can I just change…

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Cross Platform Auto Updater
I am using Qt in order to build a cross platform GUI app (Windows and Mac). I want to be able to update the app efficiently and automatically whenever there is a new patch available.
I saw this post which got me to take a look at WyBuild. It looks…

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Automatically updating Compact Framework application code
I've built a Compact Framework application to be used by delivery drivers. This runs on a SQL CE database and connects to a WCF service on a web server. I need a way to update the system when I release new versions.
I'm hoping that I can install a…

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Broadcast Receiver MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED never called
I have the following app scenario:
1) an app which updates by itself
2) the device is rooted
3) the checks for the version online and if new version is online it downloads the 'apk' file and installs it
Everything works fine but the APP does not…

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