How get the app version on the play store

Question

I want to know the app version on the android store for my app.

I need to know that to show to the user a message offering an update if it's necessary. I can get the app version of my installed version (using a cordova-plugin-app-version) like that:

cordova.getAppVersion.getVersionNumber(function (version) {

            console.log("la version de la app es " + version);
            $scope.versi = version;
});

but not the android store app version.

one way would be to make your own web service for checking what the current app version is — Sarantis Tofas, Oct 11 '16 at 17:22
Why do you want to do that? The play store will offer the update anyhow when it is available. — Henry, Oct 12 '16 at 12:49
yes. but i want to show to the user a message in the app, and i want to obligate to upgrade the app sometimes — Ivan Paredes, Oct 12 '16 at 14:49

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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I found solution here about year ago. I cannot find a link now but there is it:

      String newVersion = Jsoup
                    .connect(
                            "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id="
                                    + "Package" + "&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();

Require Jsoup library. here is the link of details answare link

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 13 '16 at 02:33

Dmitrii Nechepurenko

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They might present some sort of API i believe – Shubham AgaRwal Nov 29 '16 at 19:06
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@Shubham I believe too. Because when we don't have the native way for getting some ordinary app's information it's not comfortable. – Dmitrii Nechepurenko Nov 30 '16 at 01:18
can i do simple ajax call to get app version – Anuj Nov 02 '17 at 10:14
using https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-publisher-api/tree/master/v2/java probably? – ישו אוהב אותך Dec 19 '17 at 02:28
Hello. I have used above code in my app and it is live on play store for over a year. For past one month, this code returns null from API. Not sure what is wrong. Has this API stopped working..?? – Nir Patel Apr 11 '18 at 09:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

You might want to check the Edits.apks: upload method which returns a version code for each APK you upload; you will use this version code to refer to the APK when you assign it to a track. Here's the documentation.

This unofficial API might also help as stated in this SO thread.

Specifically, take a look at the Wiki page HowToSearchApps. The response to the query contains version information:

{
  "app": [
    {
      "rating": "4.642857142857143",
      "title": "Ruboto IRB",
      "ratingsCount": 14,
      "creator": "Jan Berkel",
      "appType": "APPLICATION",
      "id": "9089465703133677000",
      "packageName": "org.jruby.ruboto.irb",
      "version": "0.1",
      "versionCode": 1,
      "creatorId": "\"Jan Berkel\"",
      "ExtendedInfo": {
        "category": "Tools",
        "permissionId": [
...

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