Updating app with tables? Will it overwrite?
Crestwood
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I am working on an app that will store user custom data in tables. If I put out an update, how will that work? I would not want to "blank" out what the user has put in.
Do updates just add to the app? I would assume they just amend the app due to in game purchases and items bought, but want to make sure.
Thanks!
Do updates just add to the app? I would assume they just amend the app due to in game purchases and items bought, but want to make sure.
Thanks!
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Here is my situation:
I have a table called ScoresAndStars - there are 50 columns (levels), and 2 rows (number of stars, and scores for each level) - all cells are Integers.
I save it after each level, player also have an option to reset the table.
This game is still in beta, so I tested it only as an ad-hoc build on my iPad.
Here is how it works:
I finished the game (version 1.0) on my device, all levels were unlocked, and I had at least one star on each level.
I didn't delete the app from my device.
I published the new version (1.1) of the same game (with some images improvements). I updated the existing version on iPad.
There were improvements I made in the 1.1 version, and saved table ScoresAndStars was still saved (nothing changed).
After I reset the table (inside the game), and update the game to 1.2 version, the table ScoresAndStars is still empty.
So it works great
Hope this helps!
If you want to reset the table with each new version of your game, you have to make a copy of your existing table, and overwrite the saved table with your new table (there is an behavior for this). I would add it to the first scene of the game.