Is there a way to check the Play Store app versionCode?

Question

All is in the title :

Do you know a way (GooglePlay Services ? Free Api ?) to check to current versionCode available on the Play Store ?

I can see that some users of my app still use several old version. So I want to add a preference to check if the app is up to date.

Thanks in advance for helping !

Did you find the solution? – Saurabh Khare Nov 28 '16 at 18:11 — Saurabh Khare, Nov 28 '16 at 18:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '13 at 10:16

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You can use android-query for that.

It will give you a result like : https://androidquery.appspot.com/api/market?app=com.google.android.youtube

answered Nov 19 '13 at 10:16

Yes, it seems that this lib should do the trick. Never heard of it before, thanks a lot. Going test it and accept your answer then. – lithos35 Nov 19 '13 at 10:21
Works fine. Thanks ! Do you know if there is a way to update some strings of the library ? – lithos35 Nov 19 '13 at 11:46

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 15 '20 at 07:15

Recently introduced Play Core library gives Version Code of the app.

// Creates instance of the manager.
val appUpdateManager = AppUpdateManagerFactory.create(context)

// Returns an intent object that you use to check for an update.
val appUpdateInfoTask = appUpdateManager.appUpdateInfo

// Checks that the platform will allow the specified type of update.
appUpdateInfoTask.addOnSuccessListener { appUpdateInfo ->
    {
        appUpdateInfo.availableVersionCode()
    }
}

The AppUpdateManager.AppUpdateInfo() will give the latest updatable VersionCode number from Play Store.

Note that it does not give VersionName string value.

I've tried to use the availableVersionCode but it seems to just give me my actual version code of the build im running rather than whats on the play store — alfietap, Apr 09 '23 at 16:17

Is there a way to check the Play Store app versionCode?

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