Update Checker

Android User, never miss an Update.

Overview

Update Checker is a class that can be used by Android Developers to increase the number of users update their apps by showing a "New Update Available" Notification or Dialog.

It's based on Fragments, It checks for new updates downloadable by parsing the Play Store desktop page of your app.

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Changelog

Current version: 1.1.1

####1.1.1

Text strings improved

####1.1.0

Change to customize the number of checks after the dialog/notification will be shown with new methods
Added Dutch translation
Fixed other translation errors
New demo app

####1.0.0

First Release

Dependencies

Styled Dialogs
android-support-v4.jar

Example

Check it out the Demos folder

Usage

Import Styled Dialogs into the library.
Import android-support-v4.jar into the library.
Import the library into you app.

First, add INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions to your app's Manifest:

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

So, in the class you want to use the library extend a FragmentActivity (or, obviously, a SherlockFragmentActivity).
To show a Play-Store-App-like notification if a new update was found:
```
  UpdateChecker.checkForNotification(this);
```
To show a dialog if a new update was found:
```
  UpdateChecker.checkForDialog(this);
```

##Important!

If there is a new update available, when app launched, not every time the Notification / Dialog will be shown. The Notification/Dialog will be shown every 5 times the app ascertain that a new update is available. It's a precaution to make the library not too invasive. To modify this, see Customization.
See Issue #1

##Customization

You can modify modify the number of checks after the dialog will be shown. Default is 5.

  UpdateChecker.checkForNotification(this, 10);
  
  UpdateChecker.checkForDialog(this, 10);

You can modify the notification Drawable by calling a variant of checkForNotification(...) method:
```
  UpdateChecker.checkForNotification(this, R.drawable.ic_launcher);
```

See How to style StyledDialogs, to customize the New update avaialble dialog:

##Contribution

Questions

If you have any questions regarding UpdateChecker, create an issue.

Feaure request

To create a new Feature request, open an issue with request label here

I'll try to answer as soon as I find the time.

Pull requests welcome

Feel free to contribute to UpdateChecker.

Either you found a bug or have created a new and awesome feature, just create a pull request.

Please note, if you're working on a pull request, make sure to use the develop branch as your base.

Discuss

Join in the conversation, check it out the XDA Thread

Coming soon

Support for apps not published on Google Play
Remember me later button on dialog
Stackoverflow tag for more specific code problems
Library Icon
Preference to disable UpdateChecker

License

Apache Version 2.0

Attributions

Lead Developer: Pietro "Rampo" - PiKo Technologies

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