Automatically checking for a new version of my application

Question

Trying to honor a feature request from our customers, I\'d like that my application, when Internet is available, check on our website if a new version is available.

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Answer 1

I think that simple XML file on the server would be sufficient for version checking only purposes.

You would need then only an ftp account on your server and build system that is able to send a file via ftp after it has built a new version. That build system could even put installation files/zip on your website directly!