Don't notify about update available on Play Store builds until the build has been approved and have started rolling out

[xyzianz]

Right now, on Play Store builds, the app update notification service is somewhat annoying. It notifies the user when there is a new release available to download (sans Google play services) from GitHub. Which can often be days or even weeks ahead of general play store availability. (I assume this is because of long wait times to get updates approved on Play Store.)

The Play Store builds should switch notification backend to the Play Service Core library com.google.android.play:app-update and use the AppUppdateManager instead.

[Stjin]

Hi,

The update is already rolling out in a staged way.

I refrain from using Google Play services when not necessary (with the exception of the Wearable API's)

But since you're using Google Play, why not disable the update notifications? You'll get the update as soon as it's available for you (assuming you have automatic updates enabled)