so how could you explain me that people that updated their app don't
have new feature until reboot of the phone... sorry guys...

i faced the same problem with different application updates...
(Meridian, Android Fortunes. etc)

David

On May 6, 9:10 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
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