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Candor
Candor

Reputation: 543

How to update Android Things-Apps?

With Android Things, Android apps can also be run on IoT devices like a Raspberry Pi & Co. Right now, apps have to be installed via adb.

What if those apps need to be updated, for example to fix a security issue? Many IoT devices have no display and using adb is quite complicated, especially when there are a lot of devices in need of an update.

Does anybody know how such updates will be handled?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1077

Answers (1)

Candor
Candor

Reputation: 543

EDIT:

Since Developer Preview 6, Android Things-Apps can be updated via the Developer Console. DP6 also offers a new partition scheme used for updates and a UpdateManager class to control them manually. Read the full blog post here.

Old answer:

Okay, the answer is hiding at the bottom of this page: https://developers.google.com/weave/

Android Things is a turnkey solution that provides certified hardware to build IoT devices. [...] In the future, Android Things will be updated to include infrastructure for pushing updates, Weave connectivity, and more.

So we have to use adb to install updates for now :/

Upvotes: 3

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