How to get app market version information from google play store?

Question

How can I get the application version information from google play store for prompting the user for force/recommended an update of the application when play store applicatio

Answer 1

You can call the following WebService: http://carreto.pt/tools/android-store-version/?package=[YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME]

Example Using Volley:

String packageName = "com.google.android.apps.plus";
String url = "http://carreto.pt/tools/android-store-version/?package=";
JsonObjectRequest jsObjRequest = new JsonObjectRequest
    (Request.Method.GET, url+packageName, null, new Response.Listener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
                        /*
                                here you have access to:

                                package_name, - the app package name
                                status - success (true) of the request or not (false)
                                author - the app author
                                app_name - the app name on the store
                                locale - the locale defined by default for the app
                                publish_date - the date when the update was published
                                version - the version on the store
                                last_version_description - the update text description
                             */
                        try{
                            if(response != null && response.has("status") && response.getBoolean("status") && response.has("version")){
                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), response.getString("version").toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                            }
                            else{
                                //TODO handling error
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception e){
                            //TODO handling error
                        }

                    }
                }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                        //TODO handling error
                    }
        });