How to tell programatically if there's an OS upgrade available

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Is it possible to tell from my app if there's an upgrade available to the Operating system? If so, can we tell what version is available?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7696392/update-android-os-programmatically. May not be the exact answer you are looking for. But somewhat related to it. have a look — Raghunandan, Nov 13 '12 at 16:15
Every device has it's own custom method for firmware updates, most likely just a simple check of some website. So if you reverse engineer all of them you can probably tell from within your app if there is an update available. — zapl, Nov 13 '12 at 16:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '13 at 21:27

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Can't be done. There's no set API to determine when an upgrade is available because that functionality is dependent on the manufacturer, not Google.

answered Jul 12 '13 at 21:27

Ginger McMurray

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