https://github.com/DevsDNA/WhenTheAppWasBuilt

Strongly shake your device and we'll show you when the app was built. That simple.
https://github.com/DevsDNA/WhenTheAppWasBuilt

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Strongly shake your device and we'll show you when the app was built. That simple.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/DevsDNA/WhenTheAppWasBuilt
• Owner: DevsDNA
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-01-09T12:24:05.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-01-25T15:13:26.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-05T12:37:46.387Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C#
• Size: 8.22 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# WhenTheAppWasBuilt

How many times have you said "when was this app built" or "which version affects this bug"? Forget those, from now on just strongly shake your device and we'll show you when the app was built. That simple. [![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuilt.svg?label=NuGet)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuilt)

With Xamarin.Forms in mind, it also works on classical Xamarin.Android or Xamarin.iOS projects which share a common library, .NET Standard included.

![Android](Screenshots/Android.gif) ![iOS](Screenshots/iOS.gif)

## How to use it

Just four easy steps:

❗️ In order to detect the correct date you must leave the compiler to autoincrement the `AssemblyVersion` Build and Revision numbers. Double check your AssemblyInfo.cs —it's usually placed here— contains the following line:

```csharp

[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]

```

Does your project target .NET Standard? No worries, just add the following two lines to your CSPROJ —so we can use wildcards as indicated above— and make sure `AssemblyVersion` attribute is placed, for instance, at your main App.xaml.cs:

```xml

  

    netstandard2.0

    

    false

    false

  

```

1. Add [DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuilt](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuilt) NuGet to both your PCL and platform projects;

2. In your Android's `MainActivity` class, add the following line just after Xamarin.Forms init. —pass whatever `Type` located at your core project (as the main `App` for instance), since such provides the actual date:

```csharp

global::Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(this, bundle);

// This line!

DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuilt.TellMeWhenShaking(typeof(WhenTheAppWasBuiltExample.App));

```

3. The same goes for iOS' `AppDelegate` one:

```csharp

global::Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init();

// And this other one!

DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuilt.TellMeWhenShaking(typeof(WhenTheAppWasBuiltExample.App));

```

4. Strongly shake your devices!

### Ahead-of-shake (AOS) support

You don't have to force customers to shake their devices if don't want to, simply call

```csharp

DevsDNA.WhenTheAppWasBuiltCore.DisplayBuildDateAlert();

```

from wherever you want.

*Pst!* Have a look to the [Examples](Examples/) folder to quickly see it running!