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PackageInstallerSessionInstall Method (String, Boolean)

Call this method to install the application contained within the .apk file specified by apk.

Namespace:  Com.Datalogic.Device.App
Assembly:  datalogic-xamarin-sdk (in datalogic-xamarin-sdk.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)
Syntax
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public virtual int Install(
	string apk,
	bool force
)

Parameters

apk
Type: SystemString
- String full path of the .apk to be installed.
force
Type: SystemBoolean
- boolean true force the upgrade in case the application is already installed, otherwise the upgrade is refused.

Return Value

Type: Int32
intSuccess in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the PackageInstallerException error constants.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
PackageInstallerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.
Remarks

Call this method to install the application contained within the .apk file specified by apk.

The method must be called after having called the OpenSession

.

The method is queued internally and executed only when the CloseSession

is called.

The result of the command is received through the listener method [M:Com.Datalogic.Device.App.IPackageInstallerListener.OnResult(System.Collections.Generic.IList`1)]

.


Example:


PackageInstaller packageInstaller = new PackageInstaller(context);

PackageInstallerListener listener = new PackageInstallerListener{public void onResult(List results) {...}};

PackageInstallerSession session = packageInstaller.createSession(listener);

session.openSession();

session.install("/dir1/dir11/dir116/pkg1.apk", force);

session.closeSession();

[Android Documentation]

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