CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user3796978
user3796978

Reputation: 91

Get the version of windows phone app in store

I'm developing a windows phone application. I have a version of my app in windows store. I know how to find the version of package I'm developing, but i want to find programmatically the version of my app in windows store,so i can compare and if the version store is bigger than the version of app user has, i want to make a notification and tell him that a newer version is available. Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 113

Answers (1)

Vaiden
Vaiden

Reputation: 16122

Beginning with WP8 you can query the Store using windows.applicationmodel.store.listinginformation but sadly this does not include the version.

There is no public Windows Store API that provides this info. So you'd have to either scrape the info yourself or connect to a 3rd party API that provides alreasy scraped data. Solutions outlined here: windows store api to access metro and phone apps information

Wait but why? If you only need to provide your app the latest version code, just store it in a JSON file hosted on your backend, or alternatively, if you're feeling fancy, create a dedicated webapp that checks for updates.

Upvotes: 1

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