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Bobby Chandra
Bobby Chandra

Reputation: 89

Updating android APK not via play store

First of all, I'm sorry I don't speak very good english. I have a thesis project to make android app similiar like logo quiz using java. Basicaly, I have to make the admin site of this app or make it updatable not via play store. I'm going to put the newest APK version in a website host. Does anyone here know how to make it work like that? Or maybe you have another idea to make the admin site? please tell me

Upvotes: 2

Views: 964

Answers (2)

Deepak Bala
Deepak Bala

Reputation: 11185

The update also must be installed. The user will check is there any newest version. Then user will download it and the downloaded APK will be automaticaly installed

This is not easy to do. The only option you have is to write some server side code to let a client know what the latest version is. The client can trigger a local notification and alert the user that a new version is available.

Facebook managed to do what you're asking but I'm sure a lot of engineering effort went into it.

[EDIT]

Google has updated their policy to forbid dynamic updates.

“An app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play's update mechanism.”

Upvotes: 2

Paresh Mayani
Paresh Mayani

Reputation: 128428

FYI Without uploading on play store, user will never come to know about the updates of your app.

Or

There must be some kind of notification you should implement in your admin and send to your users using the app, and through that notification you should ask user to download updated APK from your web.

Upvotes: 1

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