SmartAppUpdate

Small library which can be used to display an update notification popup.

Usage

Remote Config variables

With version 1.0.0, the only way to use this library is via the Firebase Remote Config console of the app.

#####Mandatory variables are :

• update_dialogType as Integer
  • 1 is a blocking update which cannot be closed without closing the app
  • 2 is a recommended update which will be displayed every 3 days by default
  • 3 is an informative popup which will display the changelog only once
• update_title as String
  • This is the title of the popup
• update_content as String
  • This is the main text that will be used for update type 2 and 3
• update_changelog_content as String
  • This is the main text that will be used for update type 1
• update_actionButtonLabel as String
  • This is the text to use in the action button
• current_version_code as Int
  • This is the most up-to-date version code which can be downloaded by user. It will be used to display the changelog after an update

#####Optional variables:

• update_imageURL as String
  • An optional image URL
• update_ask_later_snooze_in_days
  • The number of days we have to wait before displaying a new recommended popup if the user closed the previous one and did not update

Gradle (Internal Nexus repository)

Gradle :

implementation 'com.smartnsoft:smartappupdate:1.0-SNAPSHOT'

Application configuration

Application class :

final SmartAppUpdateManager smartAppUpdateManager = new SmartAppUpdateManager.Builder(this, BuildConfig.DEBUG)
        .setFallbackUpdateApplicationId(BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID)
        .setSynchronousTimeoutDuration(Constants.HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS)
        .setMaxConfigCacheDuration(Constants.CACHE_RETENTION_DURATION_IN_MILLISECONDS)
        .build();

Display the popup :

• Asynchronous calls

  • If you want to retrieve the configuration and display the popup in one call

     smartAppUpdateManager.fetchRemoteConfig(true);

  • If you want to retrieve the configuration and display the popup later

     // first
     smartAppUpdateManager.fetchRemoteConfig(false);
     ...
     // then later
     smartAppUpdateManager.createAndDisplayPopup();

• Synchronous calls

  • If you want to retrieve the configuration and display the popup in one call

     smartAppUpdateManager.fetchRemoteConfigSync(true);

  • If you want to retrieve the configuration and display the popup later

     // first
     smartAppUpdateManager.fetchRemoteConfigSync(false);
     ...
     // then later
     smartAppUpdateManager.createAndDisplayPopup();

Note: If you need to know if the popup will be displayed, use the following method once the configuration has been retrieved.

final Intent popupIntent = smartAppUpdateManager.createPopupIntent();

If the intent is not null, the popup will be displayed.

Custom popup activity

If you want to use a custom layout or override specific parts of the popup activity :

• Extends from class SmartAppUpdateActivity

public final class MyCustomAppUpdateActivity
    extends SmartAppUpdateActivity
{

  @Override
  protected int getLayoutId()
  {
    return R.layout.my_custom_layout;
  }
  
}

• And register the new one in the SmartAppUpdateManager Builder

final SmartAppUpdateManager smartAppUpdateManager = new SmartAppUpdateManager.Builder(this, BuildConfig.DEBUG)
        .setUpdatePopupActivity(AppUpdateActivity.class)
        ...
        .build();

• And don't forget to declare it in your app Manifest ;)

Releases

1.0.0 (2018-02-13)

• Initial release

Author

The Android Team @ Smart&Soft, software agency

Contribution

All sorts of contributions are welcome. Please create a pull request and/or issue.