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Creating a dowloadable app

Hi

I've created a number of mobile phone apps for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Android phones. Obviously the install files differ per OS.

I have a website that I want a user to be be able to download a app from.
How do I go about this?

(C# vs2010, please).

Cheers.

Éric Moreau

Can you do it or don't you have to go through the "store" for each platform?

Spike

ASKER

I don't know- I can't see why= I can install from their desk top application manager OK for these deveices. You telll me!

Éric Moreau

I know for Windows Phone 7 for sure that you have to go through the Microsoft Market Place.

Spike

ASKER

I didn't mention Windows 7!

(Due to the limitations of what I can develop at the moment with it- I'm not interested in Windows 7 at the moment!)

nakulu

With Android a user can run the APK file if they have the "Settings" -> "Applications" -> "Unknown Sources" setting checked.

For Windows Mobile the user would have to download and run the CAB file for your application.

I can't really help you with Blackberry though.

Spike

ASKER

Thanks, but I understand which files are used for the install but I'm more interested in the actual format of link required, and the format the files need to be stored under on the server, to enable a user to either click a button or link on a web page, using their phone, to enable it to down load to the correct place on the phone and auto install the application.
Thanks anyway (knowledge is never bad!)

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Spike

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Thanks for that- much appreciated!