Check And Notify App Version Updates

In order not to let every beta user miss the version update of the app, PGYER provides a simple and convenient app notification function for app developers and test users. When a new version of an app is uploaded, PGYER will send a notification message to the app's developer and test users, so that relevant personnel can conveniently obtain the new version in time. At the same time, developers can also actively check App version updates in their own apps by writing code to call apis.

Developers subscribe to version update notifications

After the developer subscribing to the version update notification, when the App has a new version uploaded, PGYER will use the following three ways to notify the developer of the version update:

1. Email notification
2. SMS notification
3. Wechat message notification

By default, this feature is turned on by default if developers enter an email address or mobile number when registering for PGYER Platform. After opening, PGYER will automatically send notifications such as App version changes to the developer. For the wechat message notification function, you need to pay attention to the PGYER wechat public number to achieve, the specific operation method please click here to view the wechat binding tutorial. If developers do not want to accept the above notifications or wish to change some notification Settings, they can do so by going to Notification Settings in the upper-right menu.

Other members of the App development team subscribe to version update notifications

If there are other members of the development team (such as internal test users) who also want to receive version update notification after the new version of the App is uploaded, you can use PGYER's member management function, which supports email notification and mobile phone SMS notification function, the specific setting is as follows:

1. Click Application Management → Application Name → Member Management :
2. Click to add a new member
3. In the Add New Member dialog box, click Test User, then enter the mobile phone number or email address of the user who needs to receive the version update notification, and click Add.
4. After this addition, the test user will receive an invitation email or SMS, click on the link to accept the invitation. When a new version of the app is uploaded, test users can receive email and SMS notifications.

If you want to import new members in batches during the development, you can click Test user in the Add New Members dialog box, click Batch import in the lower right corner, click upload file and import, upload the CSV file that needs to be imported, the file format can refer to the template provided. After the successful import, users can receive email and SMS notifications when a new version of the app is uploaded.

Check the new version in the App

Some developers want to be able to check whether there is a new version of their App in order to remind users to update in time. If you want to implement such requirements, we recommend developers to use the API service provided by PGYER. We have prepared sample code for this scenario for developers to refer to, Concrete https://github.com/PGYER/AppUpdateChecker project. The project provides the specific implementation of iOS and Android, the developer can choose according to the situation, the specific use, can see the project description.