Prompt the user with update version of an android application

Question

I have an android application of version say 6.0.3 In play store we have new version namely 6.0.4. I need a code to prompt the user with pop up notification to update if an installed version is older. How can i get version from play store and compare them.

try storing version your app only and then check for newer one — ashishmaurya, Aug 27 '15 at 10:59
@user3091574 Hi tell me how to get new version from play store. Following code will give me a current version of an application. PackageInfo packageInfo = getPackageManager() .getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0); String appVersion = packageInfo.versionName; — Archana, Aug 27 '15 at 11:10
store new version somewhere on web and then access it through "internet" — ashishmaurya, Aug 27 '15 at 15:21
try this, works always: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19244305/force-update-android-app-when-new-version-available/32942785#32942785 — AshuKingSharma, Oct 28 '15 at 06:50

Archana · Answer 1 · 2015-10-28T06:53:14.513

Hi guys i found an api to fetch version from play store. There are many other api's but this api worked for me. We can make use of jsoup library to solve this. Downlaod Jsoup library from here http://jsoup.org/packages/jsoup-1.8.3.jar

And add following code to get latest version from playstore.

try{
        String latestVersion = Jsoup
                .connect(
                        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id="
                                + "package_name" + "&hl=en")
                .timeout(30000)
                .userAgent(
                        "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WindowsNT 5.1; en-US; rv1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6")
                .referrer("http://www.google.com").get()
                .select("div[itemprop=softwareVersion]").first()
                .ownText();
        }
         catch(Exception e){
              e.printStackTrace();
         }

This code will return version from play Store. We can compare current version with latest version and prompt alert dialog to update.

this is the answer I have given in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19244305/force-update-android-app-when-new-version-available/32942785#32942785 — AshuKingSharma, Oct 28 '15 at 06:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '15 at 11:00

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there is no official api to do this.You will need one custom web service in your backed so that you can compare current version with what your api is returning to you and use that call on beginning of app to show user update screen.

answered Aug 27 '15 at 11:00

Kirtan

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Should also be noted that it is possible that different devices have different versions available to them. Depends if you are using multiple APK's or not. – Kuffs Aug 27 '15 at 11:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 27 '15 at 11:00

People usually implement this flow via their own servers. You communicate with an API that tells you the latest version your app, and then you check and act accordingly if you are not on the latest version.

I'm not aware of any way of getting the latest version from the Play Store.

Prompt the user with update version of an android application

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