You are wrong, when installing an update all processes of the current version are killed. You can test this yourself by doing "adb install -r <path-to-apk>"
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:30 AM, David C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > After different testing, I found an issue with the "update method" > when installing an application update. > > I developped "DilbertDroid", and a lot of people are saying that there > is missing some functionnality but the latest version published on the > market have this functionnalities. > > I suppose that when updating a application, the updater doesn't kill > the process related to the application but only update the application > files on phone. Result: the old application is still running until you > kill the process or reboot the system. > > I think it is not very professionnal to tell user to deinstall and > then reboot their phone in order to install an update. > > > David > > PS: My application doesn't have any service running > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
