Another way to do it is to have the customer download the App called 'appInstaller' (available on the Market, by Gregory House). It's free, they can search for it by "App Installer". It allows for installation of apps via the SD card.
Once they have the appInstaller app installed, all the customer has to do, after you email them the APK is the following: 1. Save the APK on their computer. 2. Attach their phone to the computer via the cable. 3. Mount the phone by pulling down the system window shade, and selecting mount. 4. Copy the APK onto the SD Card. 5. Detach the phone from the computer. 6. Launch the appInstaller application. 7. Select the APK which they saved to the SDCard and choose install Done. The only issue you might run into is if the signature of the new APK is different from the old. In that case, they will have to uninstall the old app (can be done via appInstaller as well) and then do the steps outlined above. On Sep 22, 10:01 pm, JonFHancock <jonfhanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do this kind of incremental update for the PayPal version of my > app. I do it in the same way that Brad described. If the app finds a > new version on the server, it pops a dialog asking the user to update > or postpone it. If they click update, it downloads via an AsyncTask, > and installs via the following code: > > Intent intent = new Intent(); > Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file); > > intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW); > > intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(uri.toString()), > "application/vnd.android.package-archive"); > startActivity(intent); > > You could then delete the downloaded apk file on the next run to clean > up. > > On Sep 22, 7:00 pm, Chris Stratton <cs07...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Actually the att restriction is a relative non issue now that someone > > wrapped the adb install capability (which always worked) into an end > > user sideloading gui. That basically makes installing random third > > party apps as easy as installing approved apps on att's "other" touch > > screen phone family - in both cases you have to use a piece of desktop > > software to do it. > > > Jason wrote: > > > If you're talking about this: > > > >http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/06/15/lesson-not-learned-att-locks-d... > > > > (or similar) then there is pretty much nothing you can do short of > > > actually publishing the app to the app Market. > > > > Of course there's nothing wrong with this, you could just put some > > > sort of password on the app so if anyone else downloaded it they > > > couldn't use it. > > > > I think there may also be some options regarding who can see the app > > > on the market that may be useful, but I haven't actually published yet > > > myself so not sure. > > > > Maybe someone with more knowledge of the Market could help > > > > On Sep 18, 12:20 pm, Yepher <yepher.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am developing an Android application for a customer. I want to be > > > > able to provide them (no one else) incremental updates but I am not > > > > clear what the procedure should be. > > > > > I don't want them to have to install development tools or root their > > > > phone. These are non technical folks who would have no idea how to > > > > accomplish root a phone or use a command line interface. > > > > > When I develop iPhone applications for them this was easy. They just > > > > give me the device UDID and I send them a binary that can be drag and > > > > dropped into iTunes. > > > > > How is this done on Android. I have tried loading the application from > > > > a web server but the devices says it is not allowed to be loaded > > > > because of security reasons. In setting->Applications there is no menu > > > > option to "Allow Unknown sources". > > > > > Thank your for any help you can provide on this matter. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
