How to force update in Android application if new version is available?

Question

I am working on an application I want to give force update to app users if new version available on play store, the app should show a dialog message to user.

Answer 1

You can do the following things.

1. You should have this functionality implemented in your app, which can check for the current version of your app on play store. and if a user is using the old version, then prompt them a dialog to update.
2. your app should have any analytics (Facebook, Firebase, Localytics,etc.) SDK integrated which support In-app messages. with help of this, you can broadcast Push Notification or In-app messages to update the app.

with the help of this techniques you can ask your users to update the app.