Yes you can do but you have to keep you package name, signature same. One more thing your app version code should be higher.
eg. app installed by your apk contains : Package : yourcompanyname.yourappname Signature key : xxxxx android:versionName="2.16" android:versionCode="216" upgrade app published on google play contains : Package : yourcompanyname.yourappname Signature key : xxxxx android:versionName="2.17" android:versionCode="217" On Friday, 14 September 2012 11:15:32 UTC+5:30, 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 > -- 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
