Notify user within app that a new version is available

Question

I have an android app in the market and I\'ve noticed that it can take quite a while for the app to be updated when I release a new version.

What I was hoping is so

Answer 1

What we have used do this is as following ..

I send a cloud (having new app version in it) to app and handled it in app. While handling this cloud i check weather my current version and version in cloud are different than i show a pop-up to user periodically to update app from Google play..