Wanted to enable the “Directupdate feature in the Worklight application”

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We have already delivered the 1.0 version of our Worklight application. By mistake we have disabled the Direct update feature by updating the attribute "connectOnStartup = false"

We dont want to redeploy the application to markets (AppStore/GooglePlay) again, but wanted to make our users to utilize the direct update feature. We do have the access to WL server.

Our issue is little different from the one which is already discussed here "IBM Worklight - How to disable Direct Update?"

How can we provide the direct update feature to our end users without redeploying the application to AppStore/Googleplay. And just by changing the Webresources of the application.

We are using the adapters in our application but no where we are explicitly calling the "WL.Client.connect".

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2 Answers

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The Direct Update feature is always enabled by default.
You need to edit your question and explain what it is you've done in your Worklight project.

The feature will not work if:

  1. You have set connectOnStartup:false
  2. You are not using WL.Client.connect
  3. You are not invoking adapters
  4. You disabled it via the checkbox in Worklight Console

Otherwise, the feature will work, and a check for Direct Update will be performed:

  • On application startup
  • On return to foreground
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The application will need Re-deployment on the App stores.

So the solution to your problem is

Rebuild the Application with connectOnStartup:true.
Redeploy the Application on App Stores

Once the users download the updated application, future updates will go to the users directly.

While rebuilding, make sure that you change the Version of your application within ApplicationDescriptor.