# In-app updates for mobile game

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/in-app-updates-for-mobile-game/76826>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/in-app-updates-for-mobile-game/76826 "2024-05-02T03:10:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Smiler](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/smiler/32/35977_2.png) [@Smiler](https://forum.defold.com/u/Smiler)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/in-app-updates-for-mobile-game/76826/1 "2024-05-02T03:10:28Z")

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Hi, I would like to ask if there is a possibility to make in-app updates for a mobile game so users don’t have to reinstall the game each time an update occurs. I was searching and found this: [https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-updates](https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-updates). However, there is no support for Defold there. Is there another way to do this, or is the only option to create from this Native Extension?

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**Author:** ![Chung\_Xa](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/chung_xa/32/34470_2.png) [@Chung\_Xa](https://forum.defold.com/u/Chung_Xa)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/in-app-updates-for-mobile-game/76826/2 "2024-05-02T04:27:13Z")

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Creating an extension seems the only option for you. After that you can share it with us 😄

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/in-app-updates-for-mobile-game/76826/3 "2024-05-02T06:50:22Z")

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> [@Smiler](#):
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> a possibility to make in-app updates for a mobile game so users don’t have to reinstall the game each time an update occurs

We call this Live Update in Defold. It is a way to update assets and code in a game without doing a new release.

> **[Live update content in Defold](https://defold.com/manuals/live-update/)**
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> The Live update functionality provides a mechanism allowing the runtime to fetch and store resources to the application bundle that were intentionally left out of the bundle at build time. This manual explains how it works.

Note: Live Update is a cross platform solution and has nothing to do with the Android specific In-app updates which you linked to. If you want to use this the Android solution you need to build a native extension, and perhaps also modify the build pipeline.