Codelikes: How to get the current version of your application programatically in android?

Friday, March 23, 2012

How to get the current version of your application programatically in android?

Here is a sample code to get the version of your application in android.
Try changing the version in the AndroidManifest file and check the result in the console.

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package pack.coderzheaven;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Context;

import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;

import android.content.pm.PackageManager;

import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;

import android.os.Bundle;

public class GetVersionDemo extends Activity {

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        int version_no = getVersionNumber(GetVersionDemo.this);

        System.out.println("Version Number : " + version_no);

    }

    public int getVersionNumber(Context context) {

        try {

            PackageInfo pInfo = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("pack.coderzheaven", PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

            return pInfo.versionCode;

        } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {

            return 0;

        }

    }

}