AndroidManifest.xml file <manifest> versionCode attribute

Question

Versioning Your Applications on the Android developers web site:

you would release the first version of your application with versionCode set to 1, then monotonically increase the value with each release, regardless whether the release constitutes a major or minor release.

That is all nice and well but how is one to handle this sequence?:

1 1.0
2 1.1
3 1.2
4 1.3
5 1.4
6 2.0
? 1.5

Answer 1

I presume by that sequence you are really trying to say "what if we want to release a next-generation-tech 2.0 but then still issue a 1.5 patch release against the 1.0 series tech?"

Your choices are:

1. Don't do that -- once you cut over to 2.0, stay on the 2.0 series
2. Release the 2.0 tech line as a separate app, perhaps starting over its sequence with 1
3. Ummmm...there is no #3

My guess is you'd want #2. After all, by definition, you are saying there are two current editions of the app (1.5 and 2.0), and therefore there are, in effect, two different apps.