How to programmatically get the app version from manifest file?

Former Member over 9 years ago

Hi,
I'm sorry if it's been asked before, but my search did not yield any results...

I'm trying fo figure out how could you get the app/widget version, that has been defined inside the manifest.xml file?

<!-- This is a generated file. It is highly recommended that you DO NOT edit this file. -->

<iq:manifest xmlns:iq="www.garmin.com/.../connectiq" version="1">

    [cut]

</iq:manifest>

Thanks!

jim_m_58 over 9 years ago

That's not your apps version. It's always "1" and is the version of what's used to process the .xml file, I believe.

when you put something in the app store, you can give it whatever version number you want. You could have your own a version number as a property if you want to access in from the code

"<property id="appVersion" type="string">1.0.3</property>"

, or use a string

"var appVersion="1.0.3;"
or
"<string id="appVersion">1.0.3</string>

Former Member over 9 years ago

Thank you very much for the explanation!

:)