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As a developer, I have applications already published on the market. When users download the new version, I want the application to clean its states ( SharedPreferences , SQLite schema … ). I read about SQLiteOpenHelper. I suppose when I’m loading a new .apk on the device from Eclipse, the app still keeps its previous SharedPreferences . If the DB schema changed, the app will crash.
Is it possible to trigger a “clean states” when the application is being upgraded from the market ?
To your question, you should be able to trigger a database update using SQLiteOpenHelper OnUpgrade (change DATABASE_VERSION in your class) and either call a function from there to clear the preferences or add a flag to the db for this and do it in your main program.