Android Question How to check for update?

Zeev Goldstein said:

Hi

I had a function that checked if there's an update to my app in google play store
Since sdk 34 it stopped working

How can i check for app update now?

Thanks

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AnandGupta said:

Can you put the code what/how it does ?
Experts may give some alternative to it.

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• upload a version text file at your server, read from your app and notify user
• check gplay url and see the version number there, put version in whats new
• push notification, complex though, to your app

AnandGupta said:

Few suggestion based on Forum read.

• upload a version text file at your server, read from your app and notify user
• check gplay url and see the version number there, put version in whats new
• push notification, complex though, to your app

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Zeev Goldstein said:

how do i check gplay for current version?

i saw in other apps that they can activate directly the update instead of going to the app page and let the user press update
how can i do that if i find from gplay that there's an update?

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AnandGupta said:

If you found the version difference, just open your gplay url, I think.

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Zeev Goldstein said:

yes - but how do i check the gplay app version?
that will be a big step as i will be able to compare to the app's ver and take action
at this point this is the big question

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What's new
Fixed bugs. Added Contact developer option. Added smooth animation. Made more colorful for version 1.54

AnandGupta said:

Check my app gplay page
Mini Todo Widget – Apps on Google Play

Mini Todo Widget - Apps on Google Play

Mini Todo List with resizable widget. Organize and view on home screen.

play.google.com

See version written in what's new

B4X:

What's new
Fixed bugs. Added Contact developer option. Added smooth animation. Made more colorful for version 1.54

Similarly check your app page.

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Zeev Goldstein said:

thanks
that's not really what i wanted
i wanted to take the app version from the app's listing to from my update description
i know other are doing it so i wondered how do they do it and do the same trick

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AnandGupta said:

Maybe experts here can throw some light on it.

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Zeev Goldstein said:

i know other are doing it so i wondered how do they do it and do the same trick

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DonManfred said:

Soiw the code they are using and which works.

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DonManfred said:

Ask the author of a app, on which you know it works, how they are doing it.

Or find a working java code (for SDK 34!). We can help porting it to b4a.

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Computersmith64 said:

You can use the In-App Update API -> https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-updates

- Colin.

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Zeev Goldstein said:

thanks
EXACTLY what i meant
the problem is how to tell there's an update?
and then i will require someone else - an expert (i'm not - so far from this) to make it a b4a feature/lib so we can all use it

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Computersmith64 said:

The API tells you if there's an update available & how long it has been available. Yeah - you need someone to wrap it for B4A...

- Colin.

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Zeev Goldstein said:

so now i need to wait for that somebody...

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