Android Question App cant update itself

[nibbo]

Hi All

I have an app that checks a webservice for updates, if found downloads the new version it and runs an install intent.
This has been working fine but along came Android 10...
In Android 10 allow 'Unknown Sources' it is no longer a global setting; instead you have to select which apps are allowed to do installs.
When I go into the allow unknown sources settings my app is not listed.
Is there anything I do, manifest edit or something, to let Android 10 know my app wants to be able to install apps?

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks
Nibbo

 

[Pendrush]

Probably this will help:

Version safe APK installation

As explained in this tutorial all store apps will soon be forced to target the latest SDK. This means that we can no longer rely on the OS backwards compatibility features and need to handle the behavior changes ourselves. Starting from Android 8 (API 26) each app needs to explicitly request a...

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[Jmu5667]

Update your App without using the GPlaystore

This app shows you how you can control the updating of your apps. It is a stripped down version of what we use in our production apps. We removed all our apps from the play store and developed this method. Please feel free to use/modify it. Please read the notes in svc_app_update in example...

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[nibbo]

Probably this will help:

Thanks Pendrush, this look like what I am after.

 

[nibbo]

Update your App without using the GPlaystore

This app shows you how you can control the updating of your apps. It is a stripped down version of what we use in our production apps. We removed all our apps from the play store and developed this method. Please feel free to use/modify it. Please read the notes in svc_app_update in example...

www.b4x.com

Thanks Jmu, I have already written my own version checker using a webservice, like you our apps are for our own use not for the general public.
It was the permissions thing that was causing me problems which post #2 will hopefully fix. Thanks for taking the time to reply anyway.