When kill / restart is not enough

[Kirk_Masden]

I recently got some help with a bug:

New Bug Encountered: Action condition suddenly not working Questions

Suddenly today a condition on an action (Only if this condition is true) is no longer preventing that action from being invoked. This is the case on earlier versions of the same app of mine so I’m sure it’s not something that I have done. It must be related to a change in the AppSheet platform in the past 24 hours. Am I the only one to experience such a problem? If needed I’ll send a more complete description of the problem to AppSheet support. UPDATE: The problem only occurs on a web inte…

Thankfully, the issue has been resolved.

Through the process I learned that changes in the AppSheet platform are reflected more-or-less immediately when I use my app in a browser (a simple refresh is enough) but that on my Huawei Android phone I needed to uninstall and then reinstall the app to see the latest changes in the AppSheet reflected in the behavior of the app.

So, here’s my question: What determines this and how can we be sure that we have the latest version of the AppSheet platform on our devices?

I get the impression that newer and/or more powerful phones may be updating in the background. Is that right? Any information would be welcome. I’d like to be able to explain this properly to students. Thanks.