android - 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 application is updated i.e. in case of the user is using old version application. I have already gone through andorid-market-api which is not the official way and also requires oauth login authentication from google. I have also gone through android query which provides in-app version check, but it is not working in my case. I found the following two alternatives:

• Use server API which will store version info
• Use google tags and access it in-app, which is not a preferred way to go.

Are there any other ways to do it easily?

Answer 1

I recomned dont use a library just create a new class

1.

public class VersionChecker extends AsyncTask<String, String, String>{

String newVersion;

@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {

    try {
        newVersion = Jsoup.connect("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + "package name" + "&hl=en")
                .timeout(30000)
                .userAgent("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WindowsNT 5.1; en-US; rv1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6")
                .referrer("http://www.google.com")
                .get()
                .select("div.hAyfc:nth-child(4) > span:nth-child(2) > div:nth-child(1) > span:nth-child(1)")
                .first()
                .ownText();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return newVersion;
}

2. In your activity:

       VersionChecker versionChecker = new VersionChecker();
       String latestVersion = versionChecker.execute().get();
   

THAT IS ALL