In Flutter how can I manage versions and send updates or patches for android application and force users to update. I also want to stop users how haven't updated. My approach would be checking the version at very first page of the application and display an alert? Is that the way?
asked Nov 8, 2018 at 2:59
Praneeth Dhanushka Fernando
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Sounds pretty ugly. It might take a few days for updates to file down. you can check the current installed version here pub.dartlang.org/packages/package_infouser1462442– user14624422018-11-08 21:17:46 +00:00Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 21:17
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try package- pub.dev/packages/native_updaterYash– Yash2020-08-25 13:14:04 +00:00Commented Aug 25, 2020 at 13:14
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Flutter (more precisely Dart) is not different from a java application on that point, and there are multiple solutions we can imagine. Here are a few of them :
- You can call the play store and parse the result to get the current version of you application and display a message to the user preventing him to use his version of the app (subject to changes and not easy to follow)
- You can also use your own server and enable your app to read the current version from there.
- If your application does some calls to an API that you manage, you can include the app version in each call and return a special error code to the application if the version is outdated
