https://github.com/pavel-durov/cordova-plugin-app-version

Cordova plugin to return the version number of the current app
https://github.com/pavel-durov/cordova-plugin-app-version

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Cordova plugin to return the version number of the current app

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pavel-durov/cordova-plugin-app-version
• Owner: Pavel-Durov
• License: mit
• Fork: true (sampart/cordova-plugin-app-version)
• Created: 2015-11-05T07:39:53.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2015-11-05T07:59:03.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-02-26T04:55:46.453Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 127 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Cordova AppVersion plugin

Reads the version of your app from the target build settings.

## Installation

### With cordova-cli

If you are using [cordova-cli](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli), install

with:

    cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-app-version

### With plugman

With a plain [plugman](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman), you should be

able to install with something like:

    plugman --platform  --project  --plugin https://github.com/whiteoctober/cordova-plugin-app-version.git

### Manually in iOS

TODO: Write these instructions

### Manually in Android

TODO: Write these instructions

## Use from Javascript

If you are using jQuery, AngularJS, WinJS or any Promise/A library (Bluebird), promise style is supported. Use something like:

    cordova.getAppVersion.getVersionNumber().then(function (version) {

        $('.version').text(version);

    });

If not, pass a callback function:

    cordova.getAppVersion.getVersionNumber(function (version) {

        alert(version);

    });

In addition to the version number you can also retrieve other details about your application:

### getAppName

Returns the name of the app. E.g. "My Awesome App"

### getPackageName

Returns the package name of the app - the reversed domain name app identifier like com.example.myawesomeapp

### getVersionCode

Returns the build identifier of the app

### getVersionNumber

Returns the version number of the app

## Credits

Written by [Robert (Jamie) Munro](http://twitter.com/rjmunro) at

[White October](http://whiteoctober.co.uk/)

Various others have contributed fixes and new features. See the CHANGELOG.md for details.

Original code based on the following Stack Overflow posts:

* [iOS](http://stackoverflow.com/a/14713364/3408)

* [Android](http://stackoverflow.com/a/3637686/3408)