Thanks to everyone for their replies; we will try this out and see. On Friday, 14 September 2012 13:45:32 UTC+8, Martin Ellison wrote: > > What I want to do is to install our app via an APK, but to push updates > using Google Play. Is there any way to tie the two, so that Play can > recognise that the app has been installed from an APK file, and can then > deliver app upgrades? > > We are developing the app for our users, and we anticipate that many of > them will install the app from an APK that we will distribute as a file. > But we want to be able to upgrade their copy of the app using the usual > Google Play upgrade mechanism. (Users will also be able to install the app > via Play, but then upgrades should be as per normal). We would use the > usual permission model, so users could upgrade or not at their choice. > > I've looked through the Android documentation, but I can't see anything on > this point. > > Regards, > Martin >
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