Firstly, I am not a coding guy. So please explain to me like a 5 year old! :)
The problem that I am facing is that is it possible for an Android app to automatically recognize whether the user has rated that particular app on the play store or not? There are pop-ups etc which can guide the user to the play store page and rating can be done there, but does the app realize that it has been rated? If so, then is there a particular code that needs to be included wile developing the app?
Thanks
A simple 5-year-old answer: No, there is no way to do this.
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I'm learning to make an android app and I have an idea that I think it would be nice if, inside my app, there is a page that just shows a list of current comments and ratings of my app from the play store. Can anyone please tell me how can I do that, or is it possible? Thanks!
This is a question that I've not been able to fetch from StackOverflow or directly from Google. Is it maybe because I didn't search with the right words?
Well, anyway:
I'm trying to check if an app is a game by its packageName.
What I've researched:
I know the app could be checked if it comes from the Play Store, but what about if it comes from any store?
Inside the PackageInfo, there's the feature PackageManager.FEATURE_GAMEPAD but what about if it doesn't have any GAMEPAD or anything related? just a game of... puzzle for example?.
I know that from API >= 21 you can really check it, but what about the older ones?
Thank you very much in advance.
Regards.
Rafael.
I'm trying to check if an app is a game by its packageName.
By definition, that is impossible. For example, there is no universal definition of what a "game" is.
I know that from API >= 21 you can really check it
No, you can't, as there is no requirement for a game to have that flag set.
Check the app category in play store
Just parse the page of the play store for that package and get the category it is in. Games have a very distinctive category
I have made a simple android application and it does not have any web services. The Application is present in the Playstore. Suppose If I have fixed a bug in it and I want the users of the application update to the newer one. How can I do this? Please help me out!!
Thanks in Advance.
Application updates depend on play store and the settings of the user on his/her device.
Short answer: without a web service, i don't think its possible to do that.
I was wondering If I could get some help on this. I have created a new mobile app and published it to the android market a few days ago. I was naturally expecting to be able to find the app by simply searching for its name in the Play Store, however when I do this nothing shows up for my app and I can only find the app by searching for the package name.
I just want to know if this is something I am doing wrong or just the way the Play Store works? A link to my app is below:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skystalker.wedcon&hl=en_GB
Thanks in advance
It seem that I'm able to locate your app by searching (160-ish result). However your app name seems to be a common one, and that's causing it to go down the list since it's new and haven't yet gained popularity. If you care about the app coming up first in the search either: change the name to a unique one, or get popular (more downloads and high ratings).
In my Android App i want a popup do show up with a button that links to my app in the market.
The popup is showing currectly, but if somebody has already wrote a review for my app, i dont want it to show up.
Is it possible to check if the person has already wrote a review or gave stars?
Sorry for my bad english. I hope you did understand my problem.^^
not really. You can have your app remember that the specific user has pressed your pop-up button before to be taken to the market. But you have no way to know whether they rated or reviewed your application. The Market provides no public API to get this information for 3rd party applications.