What is the best way of checking for my android application updates?

Question

I have an android application created in android studio.
I want to check daily whether an update is available for my app or not. if yes, then notify user to download and install the update.

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1. it should send a request to my server to check for the newest version(e.g. https://my-site.com/get-app-info/newest-version)
2. then it compares the version, if the version which is gotten from server was greater than current app version -> send a notification to user and ask them to update it

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• it should run in background once a day
• at the time, device should be connected to internet

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I searched a lot and I found many answers such as using these:

• broadcast receiver
• work manager
• alarm manager
• services

I faced some problems for example:

• broadcast receiver with connectivity change is deprecated in android 7
• a service is not a good choice, because it is always running
• and many more...

I want to know which one best suits my job. and how to do it.
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You should use WorkManager you can set it to run once a day and even only run when there is an internet connection.

In the work manager you would make a the call to check your app version then show a notification if there is an update.

Create the work manager somewhat like this

val constraints = Constraints.Builder().setRequiredNetworkType(NetworkType.CONNECTED).build()
val dailyBuilder = PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<DailyMaintenanceWorker>(1, TimeUnit.DAYS).setConstraints(constraints) .build()
WorkManager.getInstance(this).enqueueUniquePeriodicWork("DailyMaintenanceWorker", ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.KEEP, dailyBuilder)