Technically, How does uploading Apps to an Android Phone Work?

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Published on 2012-04-06T09:19:47Z Indexed on 2012/04/06 11:33 UTC
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Amazon.com has an Android Marketplace. How do the apps go from Amazon.com to my phone? I am looking for a protocol level analysis. Do they use a basic protocol like FTP and then check with a Google digital signature? I do not own an Android.

I wish for an explanation of how the protocol operates because I want to provide an android app for free download for my users off my website, like Amazon does.

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