Is it possible to install an update an android app without the user even knowing or caring about it? I am looking to do what Google Chrome has done.
I am planning to upload my app to my own website instead of the market.
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I thought it would be interesting if people listed little detials that they notice about the phone that other might not of notcied. I got one myself that I thought was pretty cool once I noticed it.
If you look at the optical trackpad in the right light, you can see that it is actually red to match the accents of the phone.
really big pictures to try to capture it. It was really hard to get the right lighting to reflect the color back.
http://i46.tinypic.com/wbvuw4.jpg
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Its a lot easier to see in person, just try to get light into it and it will glow red.
I have a friend who is added to my Desire's contact list.
1. He is on my Facebook contact. (His facebook pic appears in my Desire contact list)
2. He is my Gmail contact as well.
3. He is added as a 'Phone Contact' as well.
I sent him a text few days ago but don't remember if it was using facebook or my phone (network provider sms) but now when I go in to 'Messages' and send him a message, I just can't figure out if I am sending him a message via Facebook or to his mobile number.
Anyone know if I release a test version of my app to some BETA testers without publishing it on the market, and later publish it on the market with an updated version number, if the BETA testers will then get a notification from the market that there is a new version available?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI've recently Hard Reset (factory reset) my HTC Evo after backing up Applications using File Explorer App. Now, that these applications were restored from the backup, I can't see them in Market Download and therefore I don't receive any updates for them. Per say, I've Smart Keyboard Pro, and I know there's new updated version out but unless I buy the App again, I won't get it. How do you get updates on Applications like these and other?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI easily missed application updates I use. Is there any way to get update notification for each applications I installed? of should I check "My downloads" list occasionally?
View 4 Replies View RelatedEarlier today, we released updates to several different components in the Android SDK. Xav announced these updates via the Android Developers blog: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/12/android-sdk-updates.html. If you want to follow the blog via Twitter, you can now do so via [url]
In addition to the new tools and platforms, there's one other important change that I wanted to point out. We've added additional clarification to the docs about android:maxSdkVersion and what effects it might have on your app if you use it. You can see these details here: [url]
Can someone tell me, what is the best way to deal with situations when there is no GPS signal or from some reason fix cannot be acquired?
The thing is that I thought that it would be sufficient just to use onStatusChanged method from LocationListener, but when there is no GPS signal it never calls this method. Why is that?
We have a variety of devices for testing purposes, and now that Froyo is being pushed (to the Nexus One so far at least), we have to constantly dismiss upgrade requests. There is no apparent "stop asking me" button.
So, is there any way I can disable OTA OS updates? We want a number of these phones to stay on old OS versions.
I am developing a small app that works as a speedometer with a build in histogram.
But it is quite unresponsive, I test it by driving in my car, and when i go from 80 to 0 it takes about 4-6 seconds before my needle is updated.
For simple outlier removal, i use a 1x3 median filter on my estimated speed the speed. Wich obviously will give me a delay one 1 sample.
******* Here's the real question :) ****** I thought i might get updates every second, and thus a delay of 2 seconds, wich wouldn't be to bad. but is GPS really that slow? or am i doing something completely wrong? *******
I have registrered a listener like so:
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To have a steady update of my speedometer, I use a timerTask to poll the listener for the last estimated result, and updates my speedometer view.
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And the run method of my task:
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Does an app developer need to do something peculiar in code to get a newer version of an uploaded app to show up in the notification bar on installed users' phone?I am reading comments that vary wildly and I can neither determine if the message content I am reading is relevant or current.With the pace of change in Android, perhaps we should filter messages older than a year from results? :)
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am curious about the procedure for updating an app that was acquired off the market. Do you simply install over your existing app? And if so, what happens to your existing data?Is there a way to tie your installed apps to the market, so it can automatically check for updates? Any information is appreciated.
View 2 Replies View Relatedlately i've been receiving reports of failed updates (e.g. myTouch 3G, HTC Incredible) for my app. After the 'failed' update, they're saying they're able to launch the app only from the Open button in the Market, but not from the app icon. Is this happening to other devs too?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI exchanged my Vibrant for the one I have now, but media hub doesn't work on this one. Any ideas? All it says is that there is no update available. The previous Vibrant had media hub and I was able to watch movies.
View 4 Replies View RelatedHow would one manage continuous updates to translations? I.e., when releasing a new version, you wouldn't want your translators having to manually copy and paste existing translations from the previous versions, or worse, re-translate everything. Even when for those languages that I translate myself I noticed that when introducing a new string, I basically need to update all the language-specific resources right away, or I will have trouble later on trying to come up with a list of everything that changed.
I'm familiar with gettext, where this problem is solved by basically being able to merge the diff between Original-V1 and Original-V2 into Translation V1.
I have a HTC tattoo and my mate's got the HTC Hero.
We are trying to find out how to backup the phones before installing ROM updates.
The main thing we need backing up would be the contacts/messages and email but it would also be nice to have a backup of the applications to save all the time its going to take finding/downloading and reinstalling them?
Whats the best way to back up the phone's?
Any updates on the submission site? Or is finding the submission site part of the challenge itself?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have noticed a few minor things in the devguide that could be updated, debugging and android device on Jaunty Jackalope for instance. Is there a manner to submit recommendations to these pages?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi am using following code to get GPS location.now i want to get GPS location without automatic updates.for example i want to get latest location on button click only once not all the time.so please tell what value should i use for minTime and Distancewhile getting location updates for once and without intervals and automatic updates?and should i call location updates in that button instead of onResume ?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow can we check for updates automatically without going to the market and realizing there is a new version of and app I have?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a Website, which is built upon a CMS, written in PHP. And now i'm trying to develop an App. I want the app to check for Updates on the website every time it starts, for example, if a new article is added to the website, a news about this publishment should be displayed on the app.My knowledge in this area is very poor. Can somebody tell me, what i should do on the website and what should be done on the app?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have been looking for a while to find any updates on googles progress since it purchased blind type. I have checked the blindtype website and it has not been updated at all since googles purchase. If someone can give me links to a new update thread that would be great but if anyone just has any updates that have floated down from somewhere that would be fine to. I have been looking foward to blind type ever since I saw it a few months ago. But it seems google bought the software to shut it up since it seemed ready to ship from videos I was watching.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWe've updated our voicemail up for Android...
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Just a quick question about android updates when they come to a handset such as the X10 mini pro do they come automatically or is it just on the new handsets (bought in a shop or online)
View 1 Replies View Relatedi have recently downloaded a few apps such as battery time, sms popup and pingchat for my htc wildfire for free. its now saying there is an update available... is this update free? or is it updating it to the full paid version or something?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI believe Google is about to fumble the ball, so to speak. I sense a growing frustration with users with how various service providers are handling the updates to Android on their devices, such as Rogers in Canada. There doesn't seem to be any uniform system of rolling out Android updates to all the various devices people are using. I can understand if an older device is not functionally able to handle a new version because of hardware limitations but when a company doesn't offer an update to a phone that is capable of handling it, that will cause major problems for Google/Android. I haven't had my HTC Magic all that long but an unable to upgrade to Android 2.0 without rooting the phone which I'm not inclined to try. It's a TIM's version and so far I can find no information about the latest version of Android in the works for it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedSince Sense UI is built over the top of Android 1.5 (cupcake)...what is going to happen when (I think they just released it actually) Android 1.6 (Donut) comes out? Can you update donut underneath the Sense UI skin? Or are you just stuck with 1.5? Same with Eclair?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to write a clock widget that displays Epoch time and I need it to update every second.
Currently I'm doing this using a Service that uses a Handler:
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The problem I'm having is that over time, my home screen appears to get noticeably laggy. I'm fairly new to Android so I'm not sure if what I'm doing is the correct approach or if there's a better way to achieve this (maybe with AsyncTask?). Is there a way to update a widget frequently without suffering from UI lag? If I need to post more code, please let me know. My widget simply starts and stops this service, and my appwidget-provder has android:updatePeriodMillis="0".
Also specifically mentions o2 pulling 2.2 update after desire users complained. I didn't know anything about that. Guess its not in the UK
Upgrade woes show Android's growing pains | Analysis | News | PC Pro
HTC says to expect Android 2.2 updates by Christmas | Android Central
Just look at all the comments of some pretty angry htc phone users lol
To be fair, I doubt that it would really take until Dec. 25th to get it done but its just ironic in my opinion with all the Samsung hate (by reason of software updates) as of late.
I do hope that Motorola, HTC, LG and Samsung all update their handsets very soon and timely though