versionCode vs versionName in Android Manifest

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I had my app in the android market with version code   2 and version name   1 1  However  while updating it today  I changed the version code   3 in the manifest but by mistake changed my version name to 1 0 1 and uploaded the apk to the market   Now  will the users of my app get an update notification on their phones or not  Or should I redo the process again

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android versionCode     An integer value that represents the version of the application code  relative to other versions   The value is an integer so that other applications can programmatically evaluate it  for example to check an upgrade or downgrade relationship  You can set the value to any integer you want  however you should make sure that each successive release of your application uses a greater value  The system does not enforce this behavior  but increasing the value with successive releases is normative   android versionName     A string value that represents the release version of the application code  as it should be shown to users   The value is a string so that you can describe the application version as a    string  or as any other type of absolute or relative version identifier   As with android versionCode  the system does not use this value for any internal purpose  other than to enable applications to display it to users  Publishing services may also extract the android versionName value for display to users   Typically  you would release the first version of your application with versionCode set to 1  then monotonically increase the value with each release  regardless whether the release constitutes a major or minor release  This means that the android versionCode value does not necessarily have a strong resemblance to the application release version that is visible to the user  see android versionName  below   Applications and publishing services should not display this version value to users

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It is indeed based on versionCode and not on versionName  However  I noticed that changing the versionCode in AndroidManifest xml wasn t enough with Android Studio - Gradle build system  I needed to change it in the build gradle

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Version code is used by google play store for new update  And version name is displayed to the user  If you have increased version code then update will be visible to all user   For more detailed inform you give 2 minute reading to this article https   developer android com studio publish versioning html

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Given a version number MAJOR MINOR PATCH  increment the      MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes  MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner  and PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes    Version Code  amp  Version Name  As you may know  on android you have to define two version fields for an app  the version code  android versionCode  and the version name  android versionName   The version code is an incremental integer value that represents the version of the application code  The version name is a string value that represents the    friendly    version name displayed to the users

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Version Code - It s a positive integer that s used for comparison with other version codes  It s not shown to the user  it s just for record-keeping in a way  You can set it to any integer you like but it s suggested that you linearly increment it for successive versions   Version Name - This is the version string seen by the user  It isn t used for internal comparisons or anything  it s just for users to see   For example  Say you release an app  its initial versionCode could be 1 and versionName could also be 1  Once you make some small changes to the app and want to publish an update  you would set versionName to  1 1   since the changes aren t major  while logically your versionCode should be 2  regardless of size of changes     Say in another condition you release a completely revamped version of your app  you could set versionCode and versionName to  2     Hope that helps   You can read more about it here

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Version Code Represent Version of Your code  android OS check for update by using this variable whether this code is old or new   Version Name Represent name of version in the format-      Major   Minor   point    String  used for readable string only  functionally version code has been used by OS

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The answer from Tanoh could use some clarification  VersionCode is the equivalent of a build number  So typically an app will go through many iterations before release  Some of these iterations may make it to the Google Play store in the form of alpha  beta  and actual releases  Each successive iteration must have an incremented versionCode  However  typically you only increase the versionName when between public releases  Both numbers are significant  Your users need to know if the version they have on their phone is the latest or not  versionName  and the Play Store and CI systems such as bitrise rely on and or update the build number  versionCode

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Reference Link  android versionCode     An internal version number  This number is used only to determine whether one version is more recent than another  with higher numbers indicating more recent versions  This is not the version number shown to users  that number is set by the versionName attribute    The value must be set as an integer  such as  100   You can define it however you want  as long as each successive version has a higher number          android versionName     The version name shown to users  This attribute can be set as a raw string or as a reference to a string resource  The string has no other purpose than to be displayed to users  The versionCode attribute holds the significant version number used internally    Reading that it s pretty clear that versionName is just something that s shown to the user  versionCode is what matters  Just keep increasing it and everything should be good

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Dont need to reverse your steps  As you increased your VersionCode  it means your application has upgraded already  The VersionName is just a string which is presented to user for user readability  Google play does not take any action depending on VersionName

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versionCode A positive integer used as an internal version number  This number is used only to determine whether one version is more recent than another  with higher numbers indicating more recent versions  This is not the version number shown to users  that number is set by the versionName setting  below  The Android system uses the versionCode value to protect against downgrades by preventing users from installing an APK with a lower versionCode than the version currently installed on their device  The value is a positive integer so that other apps can programmatically evaluate it  for example to check an upgrade or downgrade relationship  You can set the value to any positive integer you want  however you should make sure that each successive release of your app uses a greater value  You cannot upload an APK to the Play Store with a versionCode you have already used for a previous version  versionName A string used as the version number shown to users  This setting can be specified as a raw string or as a reference to a string resource  The value is a string so that you can describe the app version as a    string  or as any other type of absolute or relative version identifier  The versionName has no purpose other than to be displayed to users

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I m going to give you my interpretation of the only documentation I can find on the subject    for example to check an upgrade or downgrade relationship       lt - You can downgrade an app    you should make sure that each successive release of your application uses a greater value  The system does not enforce this behavior   lt - The number really should increase  but you can still downgrade an app   android versionCode     An integer value that represents the version of the application code  relative to other versions  The value is an integer so that other applications can programmatically evaluate it  for example to check an upgrade or downgrade relationship  You can set the value to any integer you want  however you should make sure that each successive release of your application uses a greater value  The system does not enforce this behavior  but increasing the value with successive releases is normative  Typically  you would release the first version of your application with versionCode set to 1  then monotonically increase the value with each release  regardless whether the release constitutes a major or minor release  This means that the android versionCode value does not necessarily have a strong resemblance to the application release version that is visible to the user  see android versionName  below   Applications and publishing services should not display this version value to users

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