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neildeadman
neildeadman

Reputation: 3969

Publishing Android Updates to Market - How long till they appear?

On Tuesday, I released my first app to the Android Market. Since then I found a few bugs which I have fixed and uploaded a new version.

In the Developer Console, it still shows the version number as the original (v0.8.0) but the last version uploaded is different (v0.9.0).

If I check the market on my phone, then the update is not even showing.

How long before they show?

Can I check if there are any errors with my upload process? Does a different filename for the apk matter?

Cheers

Upvotes: 12

Views: 8144

Answers (4)

RightHandedMonkey
RightHandedMonkey

Reputation: 1728

Summary: It seems to take an hour.

From the developer publishing tool

"Your application has been published. It can take several hours until it is available throughout Google Play."

After publishing through the Developer Console, if I search through the web interface of the Android Market, I still get the old version for a while. It seems to take maybe an hour for the app to make it through the Developer Console and display the updated version in the marketplace.

It's definitely not instantaneous for me. Perhaps it used to be.

Upvotes: 17

omoling
omoling

Reputation: 151

May it depend on the populatiry of the app? It can for sure take also a couple of hours to appear and still there might be no notification on a device about the update.

Upvotes: 0

Dan Dyer
Dan Dyer

Reputation: 54475

It's instantaneous. Did you click the "Publish" button? It's possible to upload an .apk without actually publishing it (if you click "Save" rather than "Publish").

Upvotes: 9

WarrenFaith
WarrenFaith

Reputation: 57672

The update occurs immediately. The question is the cache of your market application :)

A reboot or a forced kill of the market app with a task manager should bring the update to your device...

The market checks your versionCode (stored in the manifest) and not the versionName to determine if there is an update.

Upvotes: 6

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