Instead, the tech giant is providing a novel characteristic that volition assist users to lead hold up-to-date Android apps all the fourth dimension too yes, it's optional.
Along alongside the launch of a break of novel tools too features at its Android Dev Summit 2018, Google has also launched the a novel API, called "In-app Updates," which aims to assist developers ensure that users are running the latest too greatest version of their app.
"We've heard that you'd similar to a greater extent than controls to ensure that users are running the latest too greatest version of your app. To address this, we're launching an In-app Updates API," Google said.
How Does Android's New In-app Updates API Work?
It should live on noted that the Android's novel In-app Updates API doesn't forcefulness or lock out users from the app if they chose non to update it.
Instead, the API has been designed to aggressively inform users nearly the latest available updates too hand them a smoothen in-app installation experience without closing the app or opening the Google Play Store.
1) Immediate in-app update (for critical patches) — App developers tin display a full-screen message to their users informing them of a novel update, which users tin lead to download (if they want) too install right away correct thus too there, inside the app itself, earlier they tin piece of job the app.
For obvious or whatever other reasons, users tin deny to update right away too travel yesteryear along using the app, inwards illustration they are non connected to Wi-Fi or are depression on the battery.
2) Flexible in-app update (for regular updates) — Using this option, Android app developers tin display a pocket-size "available update" notification to users, giving them an pick to convey it too thus maintain using the app land the novel version app is downloaded inwards the background.
Once the app is downloaded, it volition travel yesteryear installed the adjacent fourth dimension the user re-opens the app.
Flexible update also gives users the "Not Now" option, which users tin select inwards illustration they don't desire to install the update.
The concept is skillful too definitely non new, every bit many applications already lead hold custom mechanisms to create upward one's necessitate heed if users are running an outdated version, thus prompt them to install the latest version from the Play Store. However, the novel API makes this whole procedure standard, smoothen too easy, giving users a keen novel experience.
Google also says that Android developers volition lead hold the powerfulness to completely customize the update catamenia thus that it feels similar business office of your app, which indicates that all apps volition non lead hold the same in-app update experience.
