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Sudarshan
Sudarshan

Reputation: 1291

Android: How to Install Apk like Android Market does

I am new to android. I could install an APK pro-grammatically which is present in the SD card ..It will prompt the user to install the APK. But i need to install without prompting, as we do in Android Market (Google Play), where we click INSTALL and automatically the app gets installed without prompting.

Note:* I found some links on stackoverflow, but all those mechanism will prompt the user.

How to do this? Plz help

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4629

Answers (4)

Code_Yoga
Code_Yoga

Reputation: 3248

Could you please make it clear what exactly do you mean by "I could install an APK pro-grammatically which is present in the SD card " & "need to install without prompting".

But according to my guess of what you actually mean, if you want the install APKs which are not from the market, then check the option 'Unknown Sources' in the security tab of settings. AFAIK only then you would be able to install unsigned APKs

Upvotes: 0

nandeesh
nandeesh

Reputation: 24820

Your apps needs to be signed with platform signature to install apps directly from your app.

Upvotes: 0

mithrop
mithrop

Reputation: 3353

There is some information here :

Install apps silently, with granted INSTALL_PACKAGES permission

and here :

How does AppBrain's installation app work?

I don't think is a really good idea to install something without telling it to the user and/or without showing him the permissions you're asking for. In the second link, CommonsWare give a really good comment about this idea.

You can take a look on the Android's Developer Distribution Agreement, article 4.5, if you want to publish your app on the Play Store.

Upvotes: 1

rciovati
rciovati

Reputation: 28063

I'm pretty sure you can't. I suppose Play Store has access to APIs that you can't use because it is signed with the Google key.

Upvotes: 0

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