使用Xamarin从运行时安装APK

Question

I'm trying to make a standalone update solution for a private project. As per a question from StackOverflow, I'm checking versions against an apk on a web server and if there is mismatch am downloading the new .apk, but don't know how to install it from there. Any ideas how this might happen?

Answer 1

I've seen this done before, this snippet might work. The UpdatePackageUri is of type Android.Net.Uri UpdatedPackageUri

/// <summary>
    /// Starts the installer.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="context">The context.</param>
    public void StartInstaller(Context context)
    {
        var intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionView);
        intent.SetDataAndType(UpdatedPackageUri, "application/vnd.android.package-archive");
        intent.SetFlags(ActivityFlags.NewTask);
        context.StartActivity(intent);
    }