Launch Application After Packageinstaller Finished (self) Updating

After the PackageInstaller successfully (self) updates the application, the application closes and doesn't launch again. Possible duplicate: Android PackageInstaller, re-open the a

Solution 1:

The MY_PACKAGE_REPLACEDIntent is broadcast by Android after your app is updated.

To restart your app after the update, you could pass a launch Intent to the PackageInstaller, like this:

Intentintent= getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("my.package.name");
PendingIntentpendingIntent= PendingIntent.getActivity(
                mContext.get(), 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
session.commit(pendingIntent.getIntentSender());

This should cause your app to be restarted after the update is completed.

Solution 2:

While David Wasser's answer was probably the right one. I am closing my case because I'm having very strange and undefined behaviour, and I am pretty sure that's because I am using a custom ROM