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android application updates

My application needs to be updated from ftp quietly, without user interaction. Is it possible on rooted device?

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    Why? That sounds... suspicious. – Dave Newton Nov 18 '11 at 00:18
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    Newer versions of android market allow apps to update automatically without interaction assuming they don't require permissions changes. – Jim Mitchener Nov 18 '11 at 00:39
  • Why do you need to do this? It makes no sense unless you're up to something dodgy.. – lsl Nov 18 '11 at 00:41
  • I would agree that releasing something that does this to the public is dodgy. However I would contend that there are situations when an application is being created for a very specific purpose and not for the general public that this behavior can be both very helpful, and not nefarious in anyway. That being said if I ever observed an application do this on my personal device it would get uninstalled immediately. – FoamyGuy Nov 18 '11 at 00:57

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Well, on a rooted device you can just mount the filesystem rw and change the APK. That would be without user interaction.

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