How do I update a proprietary app?

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I have an app that should only be used by a number x employees, so it’s not on the playstore, but wanted to know how I can make available updates and install them.

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  • I found this question here and that’s just what I need. Thanks for your help. Routine downloads a file from the internet and when finished asks android to open in an Activity.

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If you would like to check if you have app updates (without interacting with Google Play), you would obviously have to put the app on a server (providing your current version) and leave the server check if there is a newer version available. If this is the case, let the server respond with a changelog and URL to the latest version.

There are libraries to do this:

  • Android Auto Update: library in Chinese, but should do the trick, away from the library but this can only because Google Play is not available in China.
  • Appupdatechecker a simple way to keep your updated application. Everything that requires creating a URL that points to a JSON document describing your changes applying.
  • Auto Updater This project allows updating automatically running an APK application using a private update (see apk-Updater) instead of updating via Google Play. It also comes with a server script.
  • Smartupdates: older library but instructions in English and also provides a server script.

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