I want to get last app updates time in flutter, I tried but I can't get that time.
Hei, I don't know if there is a package which manages this but I think you can manage it with some combinations. Add shared_preferences and package_info_plus as dependencies into your pubspec.yaml file as usual. Then in a uppest stateful widget in your widget tree, define a function as below (runApp -> MyApp -> HomePage(stateful) on Homepage for example):
//import on top
import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
import 'package:package_info_plus/package_info_plus.dart';
// .........
void checkUpdateTime() async {
PackageInfo packageInfo = await PackageInfo.fromPlatform();
SharedPreferences prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
var previousVersion = prefs.getString("version");
var previousTime = prefs.getString("latestTimeUpdated");
String currentVersion = packageInfo.version + "+" + packageInfo.buildNumber;
String now = DateTime.now().toUtc().toString();
// First launch after app downloaded
if(previousVersion == null && previousTime == null){
await prefs.setString("latestTimeUpdated", now);
await prefs.setString("version", currentVersion);
}
// There is previous version instance saved before so check if its the same with the current version
if (previousVersion != null) {
// check saved version and current version is different
if (previousVersion != currentVersion) {
// Update time
await prefs.setString("latestTimeUpdated", now);
await prefs.setString("version", currentVersion);
}
// Do nothing if saved version and current version is the same
}
}
Do not forget to call the function on initState:
@override
void initState() {
checkUpdateTime();
super.initState();
}
Basically; This will cross-check your app's current version and last saved version. If these are not same, it will update the latestTimeUpdated. Then in your app anywhere you want:
SharedPreferences prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
String updateTimeUTCString = prefs.getString("latestTimeUpdated");
Format this updateTimeUTCString as you wish and use it. I hope this becomes useful for you.