Self updating app

Question

TL:DR; version ;)

• my app should run without user interaction (autostart etc works)

• it should update itself (via apk) without any user interactio

Answer 1

Solved it! :D

It just works in rooted devices but works perfectly. Using the unix cmd "pm" (packageManager) allows you to install apks from sdcard, when executing it as root.

Hope this could help some people in the future.

public static void installNewApk()
{
        try
        {
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"su", "-c", "pm install -r /mnt/internal/Download/fp.apk"});
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.toString());
            System.out.println("no root");
        }
}

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