Update Tilecast Player

Use Settings > Player updates to deploy signed Tilecast Player releases. This updates Player apps; it does not update Tilecast Server, containers, or the host operating system. Owners manage releases. Owners and Administrators can create deployments.

Add a release

1. Choose Android or Linux under Player platform.

2. Select Sync from GitHub to import releases from Tilecast releases, or select Upload release to add signed files directly.

3. For a direct upload, choose all three files from the same signed release:

   Platform	Player file	Manifest	Signature
   Android	tilecast-player.apk	tilecast-player-update.json	tilecast-player-update.json.sig
   Linux	tilecast-player.AppImage	tilecast-player-update-linux.json	tilecast-player-update-linux.json.sig

   Select Upload and verify. Tilecast verifies the files before adding the release to its update cache.

GitHub releases show verification and cache status. If a release is verified but not cached, select Download to cache it. A release must be verified and cached before you can deploy it.

Deploy a release

1. Select Deploy update.
2. Choose a Verified release and select screen and/or Display Group targets for the selected platform.
3. Choose Download only, Download and request installation, or Maintenance window. For a maintenance window, choose the local time at which each Player may install.
4. Set Canary screens if you want the remaining targets to wait until every canary reconnects. Use 0 to deploy to all selected targets at once.
5. Review the confirmation, then select Deploy update.

Offline Players begin after they reconnect. Canceling a deployment stops screens that haven’t finished; screens already updated stay on the new release.

Platform limits

• Android: the operating system may require local installation permission or approval on each TV. Plan for someone to handle the prompt at the display.
• Linux: this update path applies to Players running as a managed AppImage. Each Linux Player restarts into the new version.