How to get application version from google play?

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I put my app to Google Play, now I do something like adding new function, new UI, etc then re-upload app into Google Play.

So I want, when user launch app, if there is a new update, one dialog show to remind the user, allow them to update the latest version.

Google seems not provide any API to get app version, so is there any solution to do?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Try to store current version in their mobile and store newest version in your server.

When user launch app, check if it different, app will display dialog to remind use download newest application.

EDIT:

Check it comment: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14512102/4531387

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Oct 21 '16 at 03:25

Tran Vinh Quang

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You mean I must have own server and store version on it. When app launched,app will compare current version and version in my server? – Hoa Oct 21 '16 at 03:34
Yep. Try to do it ;) – Tran Vinh Quang Oct 21 '16 at 03:36
Thank you :) but there is no way to get app version from google play? – Hoa Oct 21 '16 at 03:41
http://stackoverflow.com/a/14512102/4531387 Did you read it before. I cant test it now. – Tran Vinh Quang Oct 21 '16 at 03:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '17 at 13:42

Use Jsoup library and follow these steps:

1.add the dependency in your app level build.gradle

compile 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.10.2'

2. Add this class in your src

public class VersionChecker extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

private String newVersion;

@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {

    try {
        newVersion = Jsoup.connect("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + "&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 (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return newVersion;
}}// add following lines to your code where you want to get live app version
VersionChecker versionChecker = new VersionChecker();try {
 mLatestVersionName = versionChecker.execute().get();} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();}

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