Android Feature

Update Direct for Android

Add self-updating capabilities to privately distributed, off-market Android apps — minimal coding required.

Update Direct for Android enables developers who distribute apps outside Google Play to embed self-updating capabilities directly into their apps.

Features

  • Clients automatically check for new updates at specified intervals
  • Java code rendered for you based on your settings — minimal coding required
  • Automatic creation of updates — point to your updated APK and it is ready for hosting
  • 2048-bit RSA encryption to safeguard your apps and data
  • No server-side software required — host encrypted APKs on your own website
  • Client authentication support (requires PHP and SQL; optional)
  • Ability to revoke a client's rights to update
  • Support for mandatory updates, notice-only, and update/ignore interfaces
  • All tools can be scripted into your build environment for unattended publishing
  • Great for private beta tests — rapid self-updating without conventional Android markets
  • RTPatch byte-level differencing reduces update sizes by 90–99%
  • Available standalone or as an add-on to RTPatch for Android
  • Google App Engine fully supported