Android的,侧载应用程序,并通过谷歌播放让他们及时更新

问题描述:

我公司想给Android设备的一组我们选择客户。

My company would like to give an Android device to a group of our selected customers.

这样做,我们希望向用户提供我们的移动应用程序。该应用程序已经在谷歌玩,但我们想避免用户下载并自行安装。我们preFER给设备就绪,已安装的应用程序。

Doing that, we would like to provide users with our mobile app. The app is already on Google Play, but we would like to avoid users downloading and installing by themselves. We prefer to give the device ready, with the app already installed.

我们发现了几种方法来在手机上手动安装APK,而无需登录到该市场。但似乎这样做,用户将无法通过更新应用程序,谷歌播放,因为应用程序将不被认定为安装。

We found several ways to manually install an APK on the phone without having to login to the market. But it seems that doing that, the user will not be able to update the app via Google Play, as the app would not be recognized as installed.

你知道吗?

根据2015年一月,这似乎是不可能的。下面是我从谷歌Play开发的支持得到了响应:

As per January 2015, this appears to be impossible. Here is the response I got from Google Play Developer support:

侧加载的应用程序不通过Play商店更新。如果您想将应用程序进行更新,则需要卸载应用程序,您的手机上,并通过Play商店重新安装应用程序。

Side-loaded apps do not update via the Play Store. If you would like the app to update, you will need to uninstall the app on your phone and reinstall the app via the Play Store.

我不知道是否有人找到了解决的办法吗?

I wonder if anyone found a way around this?