New Market App

[soccerfon711]

Anyone know when the new market will hit the Thunderbolt?

I haven't seen a reference to it on AC, but I did see it on Phandroid. It looks REALLY awesome! Can't wait.

 

[soccerfon711]

Here's an image of it:

 

[johnnyshinta]

that looks awesome. could try clearing cache on market and restarting

settings>applications>manage applications>go to all tab>find market>clear cache (and data if cache doesn't automatically do it) restart

that is how you get a market update if your phone doesn't have it. my TB came with an older version of the market and i did this to get the new one

 

[soccerfon711]

I gave it a shot and it didn't work, but thanks! I wonder if this is still a work in progress. I think it looks great and I would gladly test it for them on my bolt

 

[adaorange]

i was just going to ask about how we update the market app. When I go into the market app itself it doesn't show the Market as being under "my apps". How come? I have a feeling my Market app is way outdated.

edit: I also tried the clear cache/data/restart but that didn't work for me either.

 

[johnnyshinta]

the market isn't an app that shows up. usually a market update works itself out eventually. but if you want to invoke the update you would follow the instructions i mentioned before. so if it didn't work the update probably isn't live yet.

@adaorange
what version of the market are you on? to find the version follow my instructions minus the clearing of the cache. it should be listed on that page though.

i'm on 2.3.6

 

[soccerfon711]

Yeah, I was mostly asking if anyone knew anything about when the update would go live. A lot of sites didn't even mention it, and to me it's one of the most important results of the i/o. I hope we can get some insight on this soon.

 

[YourMobileGuru]

I already have it, dint even notice it download I just checked and it was there.

 

[soccerfon711]

I did some investigative work and found the video from the I/O session today, in which a live demonstration of the market is shown off. I assume it's coming soon, because I didn't really catch him say anything about the release.

YouTube - Google I/O 2011: Android Market for Developers

 

[LessThanAnAndroidNovice]

the market isn't an app that shows up. usually a market update works itself out eventually. but if you want to invoke the update you would follow the instructions i mentioned before. so if it didn't work the update probably isn't live yet.

@adaorange
what version of the market are you on? to find the version follow my instructions minus the clearing of the cache. it should be listed on that page though.

i'm on 2.3.6

I'm also on 2.3.6

 

[YourMobileGuru]

It is live.

 

[soccerfon711]

It is live.

Your market looks like the one posted at the top of this thread? I cleared my data and cache and it didn't show up for me.

 

[YourMobileGuru]

Your market looks like the one posted at the top of this thread? I cleared my data and cache and it didn't show up for me.

The market you see there is for Honeycomb I believe. I am running 2.3.6 which was announced at I/O and allows content filtering.

 

[soccerfon711]

The market you see there is for Honeycomb I believe. I am running 2.3.6 which was announced at I/O and allows content filtering.

But that's a Nexus S running that market. Maybe it's only for Gingerbread? But Google has never done that before. They include all operating systems when they update the market. I think this will hit the Thunderbolt eventually, but as for now it has not been released.

P.S. I am also running 2.3.6.

 

[YourMobileGuru]

But that's a Nexus S running that market. Maybe it's only for Gingerbread? But Google has never done that before. They include all operating systems when they update the market. I think this will hit the Thunderbolt eventually, but as for now it has not been released.

P.S. I am also running 2.3.6.

The key here is *before* go take a look at the market in the Xoom (or any Honeycomb device) and you will see it looks completely different from the market in any other Google device. And yes it could very well be for 2.3.4 as that is the code base they are probably gonna merge into the new Ice-cream Sandwich (Gingerbread + Honeycomb = Ice-cream Sandwich). We don't know. Also remember (and Phil talks about this in the I/O podcasts) sometimes the stuff they show off at I/O is just "proof of concept" ideas they are showing off and may or may not see the light of day.

 

[soccerfon711]

The key here is *before* go take a look at the market in the Xoom (or any Honeycomb device) and you will see it looks completely different from the market in any other Google device. And yes it could very well be for 2.3.4 as that is the code base they are probably gonna merge into the new Ice-cream Sandwich (Gingerbread + Honeycomb = Ice-cream Sandwich). We don't know. Also remember (and Phil talks about this in the I/O podcasts) sometimes the stuff they show off at I/O is just "proof of concept" ideas they are showing off and may or may not see the light of day.

I disagree. The categories that they created in the website market have to translate onto the phone, and the prototype we were shown looks to be it.

Also, Phandroid and TechCrunch have said this is for Android handsets. But time will tell, my friend.

 

[YourMobileGuru]

I disagree. The categories that they created in the website market have to translate onto the phone, and the prototype we were shown looks to be it.

Also, Phandroid and TechCrunch have said this is for Android handsets. But time will tell, my friend.

You know that Icecream Sandwitch will be for both phones and tabets right? Just like now it will detect the device and you see the appropriate aps and categories.

But as you say we shall see...

EDIT: what I am getting at is that the two versions of the market app along with honeycomb and gingerbread

 

[adaorange]

ty! apparently i do have the latest version of the market. I thought I was missing out!