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Currently, you only keep track of the versions that have been installed on the device. But for me it would really be beneficial if I could check for a new version in the app- or play-store.

Some links are:

• iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id={id}
• Android: https://androidquery.appspot.com/api/market?app={key}

Hi,

It seems that the plugin is not working on Windows Phone 8.
I get NotImplementedException, but not the one you would think, thrown from the portable library.

I debugged it and found out that on the two platforms mentioned I get an NotImplementedException in the VersionTrackingImplementation when accessing Package.Current.
It seems that it is not implemented in the windows frameworks.

I found I workaround and I'm happy to create a PR.

Cheers

I have a few questions regarding initialization of this plugin with XF:

1. Should I initialize this plugin on every platform or just within XF Application class?
   a. If initialized within XF Application class, should I still reference this plugin on all platfroms?
   b. If initialized on every platform, should this be before or after Forms.Init();?
2. I see this plugin is supporting UWP; where should this be initialized on UWP?

Trying to use in a .Netstandard class library as my shared code in a Xamarin project instead of PCL. Failed to install package from nuget. Would be great if made compatible with .netstandard.

Just dropping a note to let you know this is badass. Hope you are well, homie!

Unable to resolve dependencies. 'Newtonsoft.Json 10.0.3' is not compatible with 'Xam.Plugin.VersionTracking 2.0.0 constraint: Newtonsoft.Json (= 9.0.1)'.

For example:

var vt = CrossVersionTracking.Current;

...

vt.PackageName; //returns com.xxx.yyy

Hi,

On my search for a stable solution to check for previous and current build versions in my Xamarin.Forms PCL App I found your plugin. I just wanna say thank you for providing such great plugin.

I use it in context of Azure Mobile Apps to detect if it is the first launch of current build and delete my SQLite DB file to overcome backend SQL Server Schema changes.

Eric

Hi,

For WinRT apps I get an exception while trying to store the versionTrail list into the app settings.
I get: "Error trying to serialize the value to be written to the application data store".

I think storing lists in the data store is not supported, so a serialization is needed.
I will add a PR with a fix.

Cheers,
Roland

Hi, what's the right place of CrossVersionTracking.Current.Track() in UWP Xamarin.Forms ?
I' always get this:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException occurred
  HResult=0x8007065E
  Message=Data of this type is not supported.

Error trying to serialize the value to be written to the application data store
  Source=
  StackTrace:
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.IMap`2.Insert(K key, V value)
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.MapToDictionaryAdapter.Insert[K,V](IMap`2 _this, K key, V value)
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.MapToDictionaryAdapter.Indexer_Set[K,V](K key, V value)
   at Plugin.VersionTracking.VersionTrackingImplementation.Track()
   at Xamarin.UWP.MainPage..ctor() in C:\...\Xamarin.UWP\MainPage.xaml.cs:line 24
   at Xamarin.UWP.Xamarin_UWP_XamlTypeInfo.XamlTypeInfoProvider.Activate_4_MainPage() in C:\...\Xamarin.UWP\obj\x86\Debug\XamlTypeInfo.g.cs:line 207
   at Xamarin.UWP.Xamarin_UWP_XamlTypeInfo.XamlUserType.ActivateInstance() in C:\...\Xamarin.UWP\obj\x86\Debug\XamlTypeInfo.g.cs:line 435