Android App Versioning

Question

I have android app published in google play with the following version:

android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0"

I think that's the default version when creating android app in Eclipse IDE. I made minor changes in my app. I want to publish the updated app. What is the recommended versionCode and versionName for the updated app?

What I want is that users who already installed the app will be notified by google play that a new version is available. Im new to android development. In my device, I received notification for my installed app that there are new version available. I want this functionality.

I'm thinking of having:

android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="1.0.1"

Is that OK?

thanks

Yes it is OK. As long as versionCode is incremented (+1), users will be notified about update. versionName is your format and you can use 1.0.1 — user123, May 21 '13 at 09:07
Yes its absolutely right... if you already have an application on play (market) and you want to change in existing code you need to do this steps.. :) — Mahaveer Muttha, May 21 '13 at 09:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '13 at 09:10

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Yes that's correct.
The versionCode needs to increment but the versionName can be any string to be shown to your users.
See docs for fuller explanation: http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/versioning.html

answered May 21 '13 at 09:10

Matt Casey

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

Yes thats perfect.

Typically, you would release the first version of your application with versionCode set to 1, then monotonically increase the value with each release, regardless whether the release constitutes a major or minor release. This means that the android:versionCode value does not necessarily have a strong resemblance to the application release version that is visible to the user (see android:versionName, below). Applications and publishing services should not display this version value to users.

As with android:versionCode, the system does not use this value for any internal purpose, other than to enable applications to display it to users. Publishing services may also extract the android:versionName value for display to users.

Ref : Versioning Your Applications and versionCode vs versionName in Android Manifest

Android App Versioning

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