Programmatically check Play Store for app updates, may 2018

Question

This question has been asked before and had an answer. But Google changed something on their side and now it no longer works: the softwareVersion is no longer there.

How to Programmatically check Play Store for app updates in may 2018?

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Old Question and Answer:

Programmatically check Play Store for app updates

Old answer:

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Answer 1

please check this code

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                            Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName)));