Flutter App Update

Flutter Plugin that check if the user has the most recent version of your app installed or not. It shows the user an alert with a link to the appropriate app store page to update latest version .
There are so many packages to check an app update. Some of them are:

• new_version_plus
• upgrader
• in_app_update
• app_version_update
• flutter_app_update

I had tried these all. But I found new_version_plus very easy to implement. So let’s go through it.

Left: Android, Right: iOS

Step 1: Add new_version_plus as a dependency in pubspec.yaml file.

dependencies:
 new_version_plus: ^0.0.9

Step 2: Import it in the home screen or main.dart screen.

import 'package:new_version_plus/new_version_plus.dart';

Step 3: Make a function to check an app update.

final newVersion = NewVersionPlus();

checkAppUpdate(NewVersionPlus newVersion) async {
    final status = await newVersion.getVersionStatus();
    if (status != null) {
      if (status.canUpdate) {
        newVersion.showUpdateDialog(…