sideloading

I have a Universal Windows App I created in visual studio 2017. I have deployed this app on my raspberry Pi and it is running good. I also have create a package using 2017. I want to add an update button to my app and when pressed it would look for a USB stick and check for a file. I it sees this file it will update the app just as if it was looking to the store to update. This unit has no connection to the internet and is for internal use only. But, I want to make sure that I can update these or give a USB stick with the update on it so a colleague can update it. I have no idea how to do this

I am just curious if there is a way to package up a Windows 8 Metro application to distribute it to others with the Windows 8 Developer Preview installed? It would be nice to be able to allow someone to just download and install, rather than requiring them to install VS'11 Preview and compile the code themselves in order to test out / use a Windows 8 Metro application that I've built. Is there a way to distribute a compiled Windows 8 Metro application for others to test/use since the Windows Store is not yet live? This would likely be useful for testing Metro apps on non-development machines

Can I develop my custom private Metro -style applications and deploy them directly to my customers, bypassing the market? Will I be able to provide my customers with their custom-made applications in Metro-style? For instance, in Android you can transfer an APK file. On Technet there's an article on sideloading Metro style applications. Basically, the requirements are as follows: The application must be cryptograhically signed. The computer it will be installed to must trust the signing certificate. The Allow all trusted applications to install group policy setting must be enabled. To run the

I'm trying to create my own small Windows 7 Phone app. I have downloaded the tools and I'm writing code. I'm wondering how I can install my app on my phone? Do I have to register to become an app developer and then upload my code? Is there a way to distribute my app outside of the marketplace? I found this link: Sell Windows Phone 7 Apps outside of App Hub But I'm not referring to selling my app. More like me testing it before I put it up on the marketplace. Is there any references on how to install my app on my own phone? Thanks! You need to register as a developer, then you will be able to

I have done the obvious -- the USB driver was installed from the latest Android SDK, and USB debugging was turned on in the tablet. When the Nexus 7 is connected, the device shows up in the Windows Device Manager as "Android Phone" / "Android Composite ADB Device", with the properties showing driver version 6.0.0.0, so the correct driver is installed and working. This also proves the device is in USB debugging mode, because if it is not it shows up in Windows under "Portable Devices" / "Nexus 7". The problem is that adb devices shows no devices, and Eclipse also (not surprisingly) also does

I need to detect my application is installed from google play or other market, how could I get this information? MattC The PackageManager class supplies the getInstallerPackageName method that will tell you the package name of whatever installed the package you specify. Side-loaded apps will not contain a value. EDIT : Note @mttmllns' answer below regarding the Amazon app store. And FYI apparently the latest version of the Amazon store finally sets PackageManager.getInstallerPackageName() to "com.amazon.venezia" as well to contrast with Google Play's "com.android.vending" . Philipp E. I use