Self updating apps - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Has anyone else noticed their apps updating themselves without the use of the play store? I swear today I saw Facebook and Google play music do it.

donjuro said:
Has anyone else noticed their apps updating themselves without the use of the play store? I swear today I saw Facebook and Google play music do it.
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they only update if you have the auto update option enabled in the play store. otherwise they do not auto update.

I must have slept too long then and not noticed the new features in GPM. Unless they were features already implemented but not enabled until Google decided to do so. I don't remember tapping search ever opened up a small search box, it was always it took me to a different screen.
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I used to get something like that third picture
And now I get this little search box, and the play store doesn't show that it was recently updated.
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It's pretty standard for google to implement features weeks or months in advance to "rolling them out" and usually it depends on Google Play Services which auto updates regardless of settings. wouldn't surprise me if Facebook used similar rollout methods

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ADC2 judging app now available on Market

Hey guys,
For all those that are interested the ADC2 judging app is on Market now. I've added the QR code to save you guys the hassle if you have barcode scanner.
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Thnx for the bar code
Has anyone spotted anything outstanding yet? I've not really seen anything I would think would win.
Yesterday I reviewed Drive AR Navigation on the ADC 2 app. Basically it is an augmented reality based Sat Nav system, but use the live video feed from your camera instead of maps. Overlays the insturctions on top of the live video feed. Uses the compass as well as gps. Contains voice directions obviously. Failry awesome. But useless at night as the video feed from my HTC Hero camera is rubbish at night.
i tried ADC2 for a week or so and have been having fun.
but yesterday, when I downloaded an app "YourKey", it crashed my phone and non-stop prompted me "Force Close" and it still did the same even after I rebooted the phone. The home won't load up because it constantly crashed and prompted the "Force Close" so it means I can't even uninstall the crashing App.
At the end i had to hard reset my phone and redid everything which took me hours.
Somehow I believe some of these apps have not been tested thoroughly.
Be careful. Take your own risk. I gave up on that.

New Market?

Anyone else get the new market update? I cleared my market data and restarted it and my market was different. Version 3.4.6. It is now renamed to play store. Also there is an update for Google music which changes the icon and name. Go check it out.
Wow I didn't believe you at first... but I opened the market and saw
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Haha I wonder why they changed it
Well I can't download anything after the upgrade... anyone that problem???
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http://www.androidcentral.com/google-play-unveiled-new-place-music-apps-books-and-video
I can't get past the change mentally. It's stupid I guess but the branding change just feels wrong. I think some things become iconic and for some reason the Google Market and the icon for it became deeply rooted for me.
Does anyone else feel that way?
i like the new icon but not sure if i like google play.
MS Gray Man said:
I can't get past the change mentally. It's stupid I guess but the branding change just feels wrong. I think some things become iconic and for some reason the Google Market and the icon for it became deeply rooted for me.
Does anyone else feel that way?
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Agreed, I will still refer to it as the market
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I integrated new Market GPlay into my ROM
I integrated new Market GPlay into my ROM.
It works.
thanks a lot

Google play service asking for update

i just restore my image backup from June on my motox and all is fine. but a while ago a notification popped up saying something like "a important Google app requires update"
when i touch it in redirected to play store. to Google play service page. there are two buttons: disable, open.
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if i click disable i get this message saying some nonsense about device administrator.
when i click OK it just closes.
so i went to settings - security - device admin. and of course there was no Google item there and all the 3 items i had there were NOT selected.
searching was mostly futile as that keyword filled the internet because people flash custom roms and forget to read about the gapps part i did found one thread saying that you have to remove all Google accounts before updating this... but if i remove all Google accounts i won't even be able to freaking open the play store...
what am i missing here?
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You could try updating it manually.
This post on AP has the latest update and explains how to choose the right one for your device.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-google-settings-icon-ui-tweaks-apk-download/
dtg7 said:
You could try updating it manually.
This post on AP has the latest update and explains how to choose the right one for your device.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-google-settings-icon-ui-tweaks-apk-download/
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thanks. but i barely use Google apps. i just ignored the update notifications and they went away for good.
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Google's Digital Wellbeing working on Note9

I used Odin to flash T-Mobile's Pie update on my Unlocked Note 9 (on VZW) and after setting everything up I was on my laptop installing some apps while the phone was restoring everything from Samsung's Cloud. I searched and installed Digital Wellbeing and it works great, the only thing not working yet is the wind down feature.
Nice. Very nice! Works well.
le0.br4zuc4 said:
I used Odin to flash T-Mobile's Pie update on my Unlocked Note 9 (on VZW) and after setting everything up I was on my laptop installing some apps while the phone was restoring everything from Samsung's Cloud. I searched and installed Digital Wellbeing and it works great, the only thing not working yet is the wind down feature.
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Doesn't appear to work for me. If I search for it in the play store nothing appears and if I download it from APKMirror it installs but can't do anything.
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ldkud50 said:
Doesn't appear to work for me. If I search for it in the play store nothing appears and if I download it from APKMirror it installs but can't do anything.
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This app enables drawer shortcuts
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actionlauncher.pixelshortcuts
Mine too seems like Wind Down is a exclusive feature only available on pixel. I have checked on the store there's a app calls Usage Time have features like Digital Wellbeing and Wind Down you can try.
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My P30 Pro won't detect Google Contacts app that I would like to be default

Hello there! New to this forum! So, here's the thing - I live in Europe, Poland, and about 2 or so years ago, I have bought a P30 Pro phone from one of our local stores - I highly doubt that it is a Chinese version of the device, but I might be wrong. Either way, I have recently installed Google Contacts app from Play Store, as I have wanted to make it a default on my device - I am wanting to use it with cooperation with the official People app from Microsoft on my Windows 10 PC, so that I can easily message my family or friends from my computer - But since to do that I would need to have Google's app manage my contacts, rather than the preinstalled dialer on my phone, I decided I would be willing to adapt and change my habits over to the new app. All would be nice and easy, if my phone actually detected Google's app I have installed and let me change it to default contacts app in settings, which it doesn't. Any idea why that might be happening?
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Try installing Google Phone (dialer) as well
adamdvd said:
Try installing Google Phone (dialer) as well
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Thank you, that worked. I was kinda surprised that it needed to be the Google's dialer app but glad it worked.

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