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I want to create android apps for listing installed apps in my mobile apps, but I want to create some validation check when google play store has a new update version. Is it possible from java to check update?

jh314
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Take a look at this answer
It is similar to what you are looking for.

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Codebender
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Yes, you can create a parser that checks Google Play web page and when an apps's version is different from the last check, it's updated.

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Check this out first, see how this works: http://jsoup.org/ Pass this url to JSOUP - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.package.name Look for this tag: 

<div class="meta-info"> 
<div class="title">Installs</div> <div class="content" itemprop="numDownloads">  1,000,000 - 5,000,000  </div> </div> <div class="meta-info"> <div class="title">Current Version</div> <div class="content" itemprop="softwareVersion"> 1.0  </div> </div> <div class="meta-info"> <div class="title">Requires Android</div> <div class="content" itemprop="operatingSystems">      2.2 and up    </div></div>

Pick up the version number here and compare it with the version currently installed. voila!!

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