Android apps will update while you're using them

You already know that any application you have installed on your phone has to be updated with some regularity. If you don't, the most you will likely end up using an insecure tool and open the door to any cybercriminal wanting to attack. In addition, you will not be able to benefit from all the advantages and new features that its developer may add.

All this is clear. But there is also another matter: updating applications and having to do it manually is a tedious process, which we often forget and which we only go to when the application that most we use adds some interesting feature.Such as WhatsApp stickers.

Anyway, and to make this gesture more bearable for users, Google will offer a new option to developers. This will consist, exactly, in the possibility of updating the applications even if they are working.

This has been announced at the Android Dev Summit and on its blog for developers, where it has offered all the details about this new system. The event was held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, to review the last ten years of Android and reveal some of the most important features that you will have access to Android Developers

Update apps even if they are running

Google has announced via its developer blog that is working on a new API that will be accessible to application owners Through this new mechanism, users will be able to continue using the applications while they are being updated. Because the download and installation will take place seamlessly in the background.

The API in question has been dubbed In-app Updates and makes a couple of options available to developers for the update process. On the one hand we have the opposite: the possibility of seeing the update in full screen, while the application is being updated. In this case, the use of the tool or program will be completely blocked.

This will be an exclusive feature, as recommended by Google, for heavier installations. In other words, for those processes that are especially delicate for applications and require full dedication. The most important updates related to security could enter here.

The second option, which is the most interesting novelty, has to do with a new flexible upgrade system.This is how Google has named them. In these cases, developers will be able to push updates, without stopping the user experience. That is, they will be able to continue using the application while the update is downloaded and installed.

A prompt to restart the application

What will happen when the installation process is finished? Well, users will receive a notification, alerting them that the installation has taken effect. And they will receive the recommendation to restart the app to see the corresponding news applied. These may be new features or performance improvements.

These notices will be completely customizable In this way, users will be able to adapt them, to best fit their applications.In general, it may be an option of little relevance for those who have no problem losing the functionality of an app for a while. However, when it comes to heavy updates, we can find this feature especially useful.