Future startFlexibleUpdate(): Starts a flexible update (background download). Future performImmediateUpdate(): Performs an immediate update (full-screen). Future checkForUpdate(): Checks if there's an update available. This package is basically a wrapper for the Android library. This is because it relies on the in app update library for its inner workings. Right off the bat you should know that this package will only work on Android. An app is “owned” if it has been acquired from Play. If you fail to do so, you will see the following error when trying to use one of the packages: Install Error(-10): The app is not owned by any user on this device. This is required since both packages rely on Google Play services and its ability to verify the owner of the application. In Android, you have the In-App Update library that is part of the Google Play libraries.īecause of this, and because Flutter supports both platforms, I am going to go over two prominent packages that help you handle version updates to your application:īoth can get you the desired result, but they vary widely in how they do it.īefore we start, it is crucial to understand that you must have a version of your application that was installed directly from the Google Play store. IOS does not (currently) give developers the ability to see if there is a new version of the application and notify users about it. And you would be right – but only for Android. You would think that this kind of functionality should already be included in the modern mobile OS systems. Instead we'll focus on showing how you can (using a package or two) show a dialog to your users informing them that a new version of the application is out and how to deal with the update. We won’t be dealing with push notifications in this article. Let them know when the application is launched. 
The answer to that question is quite simple: Why not inform them when a new version of the application is out? Whether you fixed a critical bug, added a new feature, or the application just runs smoother or faster – they need to know.Īs application developers, we want all of our users to use the most recent version of our application.īut how can we make sure that users are aware of a new version of our application?
When you roll out a new version of your application, you want your users to know about it.
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