android-updatemanager

Say you have an app that gets all its data bundled from a server in something like a ZIP file. You might need to update that ZIP file from time to time. This is where android-updatemanager helps you.

All you need to do is to update the file on your server and android-updatemanager will automatically download the updated file.

This is how you do it:

• <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /> (As updating will not be done on cellular)

• <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

• Instantiate UpdateManager with the following data

  • your Context
  • The URL where the file that needs to be checked is available
  • The name the file should be saved as locally
  • A SharedPreferences-Prefix

• Call checkForUpdate and provide an UpdateListener

• That's it

  • The downloaded file can be accessed via Context.getFileStreamPath(...) as it will be saved within your sandbox

See ExampleActivity.java for a full example of how to use UpdateManager

Here are some other nice features:

• UpdateManager will only check for updates when on a WIFI-Network
  • You can change this behaviour by editing the networkTypeMask property in the UpdateManager class
• You can also provide an initial version of your file in the assets folder and copy it when the update could not be loaded from the server (Use copyFileFromAssets)