auto-update

I've developed a desktop Swing app and I'm thinking about the best way to provide the autoupdate feature. I know that JavaWebStart provides this but I think that It doesn't suit my needs because I need to read local files so I would need to sign the jar. Besides, JWS requires extra work to deploy in the server while now I only need to upload the .jar. I've been thinking about this approach: A first JAR (which never needs updating) loads the splashscreen, checks the current version in a config.xml and compares it to the server config.xml. If server version is newer, ask the user whether he

What is the best way to update an MSI installation over the internet? ClickOnce doesn't support MSIs. I need the update to occur automatically over the internet, in the same manner as Windows updates occur. Ideally, I would want my application to automatically detect that an update is available and download it and install it. Answers should only deal with MSIs installations. I don't mind if there needs to be a Windows Service installed to monitor for updates. Here's what I've done for a customer recently: The UI is running as the logged on User. The service is running as System. The service

I have an android app written for my company and since its a private app, it is not in the android market. I'd like to be able to have the app check periodically for an update and if there is one notify the user and start downloading / installing the update. Is there an example of something like this out there? Jorgesys at the start of your app check the available version, the you can use an AlertDialog to ask for the upgrade. Read this:: Is there a way to automatically update application on Android? and this is an AlertDialog example:: if (ConfigXML_app_version> myapp_version){ AlertDialog

From searching I can see this has been asked time and time again, but not adequately enough, so here goes. I'm a hobbyist developer with no budget. A program I've been developing has been in need of regular bugfixes, and me and users are getting tired of having to manually update. Me, because my current solution of updating a text file through FTP and my download links on the website, and then hoping users will see the "there's an update message", and finally getting them to then be bothered to manually download the update, well quite frankly, is abysmal. Users, because, well, "Are you ever

I love applications that are able to update themselves without any effort from the user (think: Sparkle framework for Mac). Is there any code/library I can leverage to do this in a Qt application, without having to worry about the OS details? At least for Windows, Mac and user-owned Linux binaries. I could integrate Sparkle on the Mac version, code something for the Linux case (only for a standalone, user-owned binary; I won't mess with distribution packaging, if my program is ever packaged), and find someone to help me on the Windows side, but that's horribly painful. Robert Knight It is not

Google has open-sourced the auto update mechanism used in Google Chrome as Omaha . It seems quite complicated and difficult to configure for anybody who isn't Google. What is the experience using Omaha in projects? Can it be recommended? We use Omaha for our products. Initially there was quite a bit of work to change hardcoded URLs and strings. Also the server is not open source, but the protocol is well documented so it was not difficult to create a compatible server using Google App Engine. There are no regrets with ditching our old client update solution and going with Omaha. Mohamed

I am using Android Studio when ever i try to update it shows me the below How can i update it and also tried by using the option Help->checkForUdates but it shows the same. In Android Studio go to "File > Settings > Updates" change the "Stable channel" option to "canary channel". After that go to "Help > Check for update ...". You should get a pop-up with the option to "update and restart" Here is the Official documentation Regards Jose According to the release notes : Note: There are no incremental patches to update to 0.8.12; you will need to download it separately Which means that if you