Android : restart application after update - ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED

Question

My application that is not on Play Store verify on the web If there are a new version and download and start it. After the installation I would like to restart the application and I would use a BroadcastRecevier with ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED. This is the code :

Broadcast:

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {   if(intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED)){     ApplicationInfo app = new ApplicationInfo();     if(app.packageName.equals("it.android.downloadapk")){       Intent LaunchIntent = context.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(app.packageName);       context.startActivity(LaunchIntent);                         }   } } 

Manifest:

<receiver android:name="it.android.downloadapk.Broadcast">   <intent-filter>     <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED"></action>     <data android:scheme="package" android:path="it.android.downloadapk" />    </intent-filter> </receiver> 

The problem is that when I install new apk, the Broadcast appears not to start, why ?

Answer 1

see this:

How to know my Android application has been upgraded in order to reset an alarm?

correct fix is that you use the wrong string in the manifest: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED

it should be "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" instead.

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ok , i see that what i've written is still not enough to try it out, so i will make an exception and publish a whole project just to show that it works: app code is in a package called "com.broadcast_receiver_test" . don't forget to run it before testing , or else it won't work on some android versions (i think API 11+) .

manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"   package="com.broadcast_receiver_test" android:versionCode="1"   android:versionName="1.0">   <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />    <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"     android:label="@string/app_name">      <activity android:name=".BroadcastReceiverTestActivity"       android:label="@string/app_name">       <intent-filter>         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />       </intent-filter>     </activity>      <receiver android:name=".MyBroadcastReceiver">       <intent-filter>         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED"/>         <data android:scheme="package"  />       </intent-filter>        <intent-filter>         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED"/>         <data android:scheme="package"  />       </intent-filter>        <intent-filter>         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED"/>         <data android:scheme="package"  />       </intent-filter>     </receiver>    </application> </manifest> 

MyBroadcastReceiver.java:

public class MyBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver   {   @Override   public void onReceive(final Context context,final Intent intent)     {     final String msg="intent:"+intent+" action:"+intent.getAction();     Log.d("DEBUG",msg);     Toast.makeText(context,msg,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();     }   } 

please just run it and see that it works perfectly .

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EDIT: if your app is for API12 and above, and only wish to handle the case of updating of your app, you can use this intent alone:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED