They seem to be too big for what devs claim to be a ‘minor patch’ and yet too small to suggest a complete reinstallation of the app. Is there some technical reason behind it? I would like to request an ELI5 for this.
They seem to be too big for what devs claim to be a ‘minor patch’ and yet too small to suggest a complete reinstallation of the app. Is there some technical reason behind it? I would like to request an ELI5 for this.
App stores and their systems don’t usually have the ability to deploy diffs, so the whole package goes out
Google Play has had this ability for over a decade. They call it smart updates, though the general idea is often called delta updates. Apple has the ability, too, though I don’t know when they started.