Android-RateThisApp

Android-RateThisApp is an library to show "Rate this app" dialog.

The library monitors the following status

• How many times is the app launched
• How long days does it take from the app installation

and show a dialog to engage users to rate the app in Google Play.

Getting Started

Dependency

dependencies {

  compile 'io.github.kobakei:ratethisapp:x.y.z' 
}

x.y.z is

NOTICE: From 1.0.0, group ID has been changed from com.kobakei to io.github.kobakei.

Basic usage

Call RateThisApp.onCreate(Context) and RateThisApp.showRateDialogIfNeeded(Context) in your launcher activity's onCreate() method.

@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

// Monitor launch times and interval from installation
  RateThisApp.onCreate(this);

  // If the condition is satisfied, "Rate this app" dialog will be shown
  RateThisApp.showRateDialogIfNeeded(this);
 
}

That's all! You can see "Rate this app" dialog at an appropriate timing.

Advanced usages

Custom condition

In default, the dialog will be shown when any of the following conditions is satisfied.

• App is launched more than 10 times
• App is launched more than 7 days later than installation.

If you want to use your own condition, please call RateThisApp.init(Configuration) in your Application or launcher activity onCreate method.

// Custom condition: 3 days and 5 launches RateThisApp.Config config = new RateThisApp.Config(3, 5);
 RateThisApp.init(config);

Custom strings

You can override title, message and button labels.

RateThisApp.Config config = new RateThisApp.Config();
 config.setTitle(R.string.my_own_title);
 config.setMessage(R.string.my_own_message);
 config.setYesButtonText(R.string.my_own_rate);
 config.setNoButtonText(R.string.my_own_thanks);
 config.setCancelButtonText(R.string.my_own_cancel);
 RateThisApp.init(config);

Custom url

In default, rate button navigates to the application page on Google Play. You can override this url as below.

RateThisApp.Config config = new RateThisApp.Config();
 config.setUrl("http://www.example.com");
 RateThisApp.init(config);

Opt out from your code

If you want to stop showing the rate dialog, use this method in your code.

RateThisApp.stopRateDialog(this);

Callback

You can receive yes/no/cancel button click events.

RateThisApp.setCallback(new RateThisApp.Callback() {

  @Override
  public void onYesClicked() {

Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Yes event", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

  
}

@Override
  public void onNoClicked() {

Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "No event", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

  
}

@Override
  public void onCancelClicked() {

Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Cancel event", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

  
}
 
}
);

Contribute this project

If you want to contribute this project, please send pull request. In present, I need contributors who can translate resources from English/Japanese into other languages.

License

Copyright 2013-2017 Keisuke Kobayashi  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 

Author

Keisuke Kobayashi - [email protected]