Updraft SDK for Android
Updraft is a super easy app delivery tool that allows you to simply and quickly distribute your app. It's super useful during beta-testing or if you want to deliver an app without going through the app store review processes. Your users get a link and are guided through the installation process with in a comprehensive web-app. Updraft works with Android and iOS apps and easily integrates with your IDE. The SDK adds additional features to apps that are delivered with Updraft: Auto-update for your distributed apps and most importantly the collection of user feedback.
Updraft is built by App Agencies Apps with love and Moqod. Learn more at getupdraft.com or follow the latest news on twitter.
- minSdkVersion >=21
Add this line to your dependencies in app-level build.gradle file:
dependencies {
implementation 'com.appswithlove.updraft:updraft-sdk:1.0.19'
}
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
val settings = Settings()
settings.appKey = APP_KEY
settings.sdkKey = SDK_KEY
//Should app be in store
settings.isStoreRelease = false
//Optional base url for updraft
settings.baseUrl = Settings.BASE_URL_STAGING;
//Optional set if should show start alert
settings.logLevel = Settings.LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
//Optional set if should show start alert
settings.showFeedbackAlert = true
Updraft.initialize(this, settings)
Updraft.getInstance()?.start()
}
Auto Update functionality can be enabled/disabled on getupdraft.com in your app edit menu.
AutoUpdate work by comparing the build number of the app installed on the user's device and the app uploaded on GetUpdraft.
A prompt is displayed to the user if his installed version is lower than the version on Updraft. Thus, the build number must be incremented for each new build release to trigger the auto-update process.
Micro version comparison is supported, for example version 1.2.3.20180804 is greater than version 1.2.3.20180803
Feedback functionality can be enabled/disabled on getupdraft.com in your app edit menu.
A prompt is shown to the user to inform him of the change of state of the feedback functionality.
If enabled, the user is explained how he can give feedback. User can take a screenshot to give a feedback.
To check if data is send properly to Updraft and also see some additional SDK log data in the console, you can set different log levels.
To change the log level, add the following line before starting the SDK:
settings.setLogLevel(Settings.LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
Default level: LOG_LEVEL_ERROR => Only warnings and errors will be printed.
In order to locally develop this plugin, the sample project can be used for easy testing. Additionally, the gradle task install allows to install the current version to Maven Local.
In order to release a new version of this plugin, create a new release on GitHub and the pipeline will automatically publish the new version to Maven Central.