App Updates - Why are users getting versions that are months old ?

Rick 2 months ago

I've noticed for quite some time that when an app updates, it doesn't necessarily update to the most recent version in the app store. In many cases the update is to a version that was superseded many times over and several months old.

Today for example, a user updated to v4.0.6 which was released in December 2023. The current version is 4.3.10 which was released this month.

Why aren't they being offered the most recent version by the app store ?

dududu13 2 months ago

I have seen also, in the statistics of the app, that statistics are for all versions, as if old versions are still avalaible ?? Very strange ?

FlowState 2 months ago in reply to dududu13

dududu13 said:
I have seen also, in the statistics of the app, that statistics are for all versions, as if old versions are still avalaible ?? Very strange ?

I think the version stats just reflect how many times each version has been downloaded, not the current install base for each version.

Similarly, the device stats just reflect how many times any version of your app has been downloaded for a given device.

FlowState 2 months ago

Have you removed support for any old devices in newer versions of your app? I always wished that the CIQ Store would continue to offer the latest version that supports an old device (like the Apple app store), but I didn't think it worked that way.

I'm guessing that's not the case though.

Rick 2 months ago in reply to FlowState

No. All the original versions are still supported. My app registers with my servers in the onAppInstall and onAppUpdate so I'm getting the version info direct from the app and not via app store statistics.

FlowState 2 months ago in reply to Rick

Yeah that's what I figured.

Chalk it up to another fun and wacky Garmin bug! (I'll be the first to upvote your bug report.)