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Doron Yakovlev Golani
Doron Yakovlev Golani

Reputation: 5470

Android SDK 28 - versionCode in PackageInfo has been deprecated

I just upgraded my app's compileSdkVersion to 28 (Pie).

I'm getting a compilation warning:

warning: [deprecation] versionCode in PackageInfo has been deprecated

The warning is coming from this code:

final PackageInfo info = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
int versionCode = info.versionCode;

I looked at the documentation, but it doesn't say anything about how to resolve this issue or what should be used instead of the deprecated field.

Upvotes: 56

Views: 33203

Answers (7)

Homayoon Ahmadi
Homayoon Ahmadi

Reputation: 2833

Also you can use this extension variable:

val PackageInfo.versionCodeCompat: Long
    get() = PackageInfoCompat.getLongVersionCode(this)

Upvotes: 0

rtsketo
rtsketo

Reputation: 1246

As of API 33, from a library:

<applicationContext>.run {
    val info =
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) 
            packageManager.getPackageInfo(packageName, 0)
        else packageManager.getPackageInfo(packageName,
            PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags.of(0))
    PackageInfoCompat.getLongVersionCode(info)
}

From your own app, this is still a valid answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21119027/2115403

Upvotes: 1

Rohit S
Rohit S

Reputation: 784

In Kotlin simple code to get versionCode in PackageInfo

val packageInfo = this.packageManager.getPackageInfo(this.packageName, 0)
val verCode = PackageInfoCompat.getLongVersionCode(packageInfo).toInt()

Upvotes: 5

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 1973

Just for others using Xamarin, my answer was:

public long GetBuild()
{
    var context = global::Android.App.Application.Context;
    PackageManager manager = context.PackageManager;
    PackageInfo info = manager.GetPackageInfo(context.PackageName, 0);

    return info.LongVersionCode;
}

Upvotes: 11

Noelia
Noelia

Reputation: 4144

Here the solution in kotlin:

val versionCode: Long =
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODES.P) {
           packageManager.getPackageInfo(packageName, 0).longVersionCode
    } else {
            packageManager.getPackageInfo(packageName, 0).versionCode.toLong()
    }

Upvotes: 6

Blackd
Blackd

Reputation: 903

My recommended solution:

Include this in your main build.gradle :

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'

then just use this code:

PackageInfo pInfo = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
long longVersionCode= PackageInfoCompat.getLongVersionCode(pInfo);
int versionCode = (int) longVersionCode; // avoid huge version numbers and you will be ok

In case you have problems adding appcompat library then just use this alternative solution:

final PackageInfo pInfo = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
int versionCode;
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
    versionCode = (int) pInfo.getLongVersionCode(); // avoid huge version numbers and you will be ok
} else {
    //noinspection deprecation
    versionCode = pInfo.versionCode;
}

Upvotes: 57

TheWanderer
TheWanderer

Reputation: 17834

It says what to do on the Java doc (I recommend not using the Kotlin documentation for much; it's not really maintained well):

versionCode

This field was deprecated in API level 28. Use getLongVersionCode() instead, which includes both this and the additional versionCodeMajor attribute. The version number of this package, as specified by the tag's versionCode attribute.

This is an API 28 method, though, so consider using PackageInfoCompat. It has one static method:

getLongVersionCode(PackageInfo info)

Upvotes: 68

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