Ability to integrate an app "update" option.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:17 pm
This is something like the ability for the user to "upgrade" to a newer version of an app rather than having to uninstall/reinstall to get the newest version, and have to go through either setting up all there settings again or backing up their data then importing.
Applications would need to be packaged twice, once for a clean install and once for an upgrade. The upgrade button would export the data/files/whatever from the old version of the app and import it to the new app. This should not be too difficult because most apps do not change their DB structure too much between versions. Some apps also include upgrade instructions.
Once an application has a newer version that is packaged, lock the old version to keep users from installing it - only give the option to install the new one.
Users will also need to be prompted of a new version either like apple does it on the iphone/itouch (this would be ideal but hard to integrate in a web interface) or just a pop-up/browser message drop down stating that a new version is avaliable, head on over to Applications > Upgrade to upgrade your app.
Here is a list of apps that need updating, or are in the progress of being updated.
Ideas?
Applications would need to be packaged twice, once for a clean install and once for an upgrade. The upgrade button would export the data/files/whatever from the old version of the app and import it to the new app. This should not be too difficult because most apps do not change their DB structure too much between versions. Some apps also include upgrade instructions.
Once an application has a newer version that is packaged, lock the old version to keep users from installing it - only give the option to install the new one.
Users will also need to be prompted of a new version either like apple does it on the iphone/itouch (this would be ideal but hard to integrate in a web interface) or just a pop-up/browser message drop down stating that a new version is avaliable, head on over to Applications > Upgrade to upgrade your app.
Here is a list of apps that need updating, or are in the progress of being updated.
Ideas?