Method and apparatus for updating application

A server, comprising:

• a processor, and
• a machine-readable storage medium storing machine-executable instructions executable by the processor, wherein by executing the machine-executable instructions, the processor is caused to:
• determine whether a preset update detection condition is satisfied;
• determine whether a target application is required to be updated when determining that the preset update detection condition is satisfied;
• push an update tag corresponding to the target application to a terminal when determining that the target application is required to be updated;
• receive an acquisition request sent by the terminal based on the update tag, the acquisition request requesting for target update content corresponding to the target application;
• and
• push the target update content to the terminal based on the acquisition request, such that the terminal opens the target application of a latest version by loading the target update content;
• wherein the target application is an application downloaded and installed in background of the terminal;
• wherein the preset update detection condition comprises at least one of following conditions:
• current time reaches a preset time point for an update detection;
• the server receives an opening request sent by the terminal to request to open the target application;
• the server receives a notification message sent by the terminal, the notification message being used for notifying an application platform configured to open the target application completes a start-up operation;
• and
• the server detects that latest version information of the target application is changed.

A terminal, comprising:

• a processor, and
• a machine-readable storage medium, configured to store machine-executable instructions executable by the processor;
• wherein by executing the machine-executable instructions, the processor is caused to:
• detect whether an update tag corresponding to a target application is stored locally;
• when detecting that the update tag is not stored, open the target application by loading target loading content stored on the terminal;
• when detecting that the update tag is stored, send an acquisition request to a server based on the update tag corresponding to the target application, the acquisition request requesting for target update content corresponding to the target application;
• receive the target update content pushed by the server based on the acquisition request;
• and
• open the target application of a latest version by loading the target update content;
• wherein the target application is an application downloaded and installed in background of the terminal.