How to find installed app version through automated script?

Question

I have a requirement to find the version of an app installed in mobile device and if the version is not latest then install latest version. Here how do i automate to find installed app version? I am using appium & selenium to automate my scripts.

how would you have done it manually? start with the steps and just automate it! — Moshe Slavin, Jun 11 '19 at 14:16
That we can do but is there a way to find version of installed app directly without navigating to app? — Murali.Molluru, Jun 11 '19 at 15:26
Is the version stored in a plist or manifest doc that can be extracted programmatically? — Mike Collins, Jun 11 '19 at 19:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '19 at 04:10

if you want to find android app version you can do it using shell command

String cmd = "adb shell dumpsys package your.app.package.name.here |grep versionName";
Process process = null;
try {
     process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
     String appVersion = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream())).readLine();
        System.out.println("appVersion = "+appVersion);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

For more info check this stackoverflow question

How to find installed app version through automated script?

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