"Rate This App"-link in Google Play store app on the phone

Question

I'd like to put a "Rate This App"-link in an Android App to open up the app-listing in the user's Google Play store app on their phone.

1. What code do I have to write to create the market:// or http://-link open in the Google Play store app on the phone?
2. Where do you put the code?
3. Does anyone have a sample implementation of this?
4. Do you have to specify the screen where the market:// or http:// link will be placed, and which is the best to use - market:// or http://?

Answer 1

I open the Play Store from my App with the following code:

            val uri: Uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=$packageName")
            val goToMarket = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri)
            // To count with Play market backstack, After pressing back button, 
            // to taken back to our application, we need to add following flags to intent. 
            goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY or
                    Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT or
                    Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK)
            try {
                startActivity(goToMarket)
            } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
                startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                        Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=$packageName")))
            }

Option 2: is to use resolveActivity instead of try..catch

if (sendIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
     startActivity(chooser);
} else {
    openUrl();
}

Answer 2

Here is a working and up to date code :)

/*
* Start with rating the app
* Determine if the Play Store is installed on the device
*
* */
public void rateApp()
{
    try
    {
        Intent rateIntent = rateIntentForUrl("market://details");
        startActivity(rateIntent);
    }
    catch (ActivityNotFoundException e)
    {
        Intent rateIntent = rateIntentForUrl("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details");
        startActivity(rateIntent);
    }
}

private Intent rateIntentForUrl(String url)
{
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(String.format("%s?id=%s", url, getPackageName())));
    int flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK;
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21)
    {
        flags |= Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT;
    }
    else
    {
        //noinspection deprecation
        flags |= Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET;
    }
    intent.addFlags(flags);
    return intent;
}

Put the code in the Activity you would like to call it from.
When the user clicks a button to rate the app, just call the rateApp() function.

Answer 3

Kotlin solution (In-app review API by Google in 2020):

You can now use In app review API provided by Google out of the box.

First, in your build.gradle(app) file, add following dependencies (full setup can be found here)

dependencies {
    // This dependency is downloaded from the Google’s Maven repository.
    // So, make sure you also include that repository in your project's build.gradle file.
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.8.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core-ktx:1.8.1'
}

Create a method and put this code inside:

val manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(context)
val request = manager.requestReviewFlow()
request.addOnCompleteListener { request ->
    if (request.isSuccessful) {
        // We got the ReviewInfo object
        val reviewInfo = request.result
        val flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(activity, reviewInfo)
        flow.addOnCompleteListener { _ ->
          // The flow has finished. The API does not indicate whether the user
          // reviewed or not, or even whether the review dialog was shown. Thus, no
         // matter the result, we continue our app flow.
        }
    } else {
        // There was some problem, continue regardless of the result.
    }
}

Source

Answer 4

I always use this code:

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=PackageName")));

Answer 5

This is if you publish your app in both Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. I also handle the case that users (especially in China) don't have both app store and browser.

public void goToMyApp(boolean googlePlay) {//true if Google Play, false if Amazone Store
    try {
       startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse((googlePlay ? "market://details?id=" : "amzn://apps/android?p=") +getPackageName())));
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e1) {
        try {
            startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse((googlePlay ? "http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" : "http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=") +getPackageName())));
        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e2) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "You don't have any app that can open this link", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

You can always call getInstalledPackages() from the PackageManager class and check to make sure the market class is installed. You could also use queryIntentActivities() to make sure that the Intent you construct will be able to be handled by something, even if it's not the market application. This is probably the best thing to do actually because its the most flexible and robust.

You can check if the market app is there by

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://search?q=foo"));
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> list = pm.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);

If the list has at least one entry, the Market's there.

You can use the following to launch Android Market on your application's page, it's a bit more automated:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + getPackageName()));
startActivity(i);

If you want to test this on your emulator you probably you don't have the market installed on it : see these links for more details:

How To Enable the Android Market in the Google Android Emulator

Installing Google Play on Android Emulator

Answer 7

I use this approach to make user rate my apps:

public static void showRateDialog(final Context context) {
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
            .setTitle("Rate application")
            .setMessage("Please, rate the app at PlayMarket")
            .setPositiveButton("RATE", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    if (context != null) {
                        String link = "market://details?id=";
                        try {
                            // play market available
                            context.getPackageManager()
                                    .getPackageInfo("com.android.vending", 0);
                        // not available
                        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                            // should use browser
                            link = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=";
                        }
                        // starts external action
                        context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, 
                                Uri.parse(link + context.getPackageName())));
                    }
                }
            })
            .setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null);
    builder.show();
}

Answer 8

A kotlin version

fun openAppInPlayStore() {
    val uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + context.packageName)
    val goToMarketIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri)

    var flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK
    flags = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
        flags or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT
    } else {
        flags or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK
    }
    goToMarketIntent.addFlags(flags)

    try {
        startActivity(context, goToMarketIntent, null)
    } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
        val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + context.packageName))

        startActivity(context, intent, null)
    }
}

Answer 9

Java solution (In-app review API by Google in 2020):

You can now use In app review API provided by Google out of the box.

First, in your build.gradle(app) file, add following dependencies (full setup can be found here)

dependencies {
    // This dependency is downloaded from the Google’s Maven repository.
    // So, make sure you also include that repository in your project's build.gradle file.
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.8.0'
}

Add this method to your Activity:

void askRatings() {
    ReviewManager manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(this);
    Task<ReviewInfo> request = manager.requestReviewFlow();
    request.addOnCompleteListener(task -> {
        if (task.isSuccessful()) {
            // We can get the ReviewInfo object
            ReviewInfo reviewInfo = task.getResult();
            Task<Void> flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(this, reviewInfo);
            flow.addOnCompleteListener(task2 -> {
                // The flow has finished. The API does not indicate whether the user
                // reviewed or not, or even whether the review dialog was shown. Thus, no
                // matter the result, we continue our app flow.
            });
        } else {
            // There was some problem, continue regardless of the result.
        }
    });
}

And then you can simply call it using

askRatings();

Source

Answer 10

From now you can use In App Rating feature by Google.

Here is Kotlin/Java integration official guide

The Google Play In-App Review API lets you prompt users to submit Play Store ratings and reviews without the inconvenience of leaving your app or game.

Generally, the in-app review flow (see figure 1) can be triggered at any time throughout the user journey of your app. During the flow, the user has the ability to rate your app using the 1 to 5 star system and to add an optional comment. Once submitted, the review is sent to the Play Store and eventually displayed.

Answer 11

Play Store Rating

 btn_rate_us.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + getPackageName());
                Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
                // To count with Play market backstack, After pressing back button,
                // to taken back to our application, we need to add following flags to intent.
                goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY |
                        Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT |
                        Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
                try {
                    startActivity(goToMarket);
                } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
                    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                            Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + getPackageName())));
                }
            }
        });

Answer 12

A point regarding all the answers that have implementations based on the getPackageName() strategy is that using BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID may be more straight forward and works well if you use the same code base to build multiple apps with different app ids (for example, a white label product).

Answer 13

You can use this, it works for me

public static void showRateDialogForRate(final Context context) {
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
            .setTitle("Rate application")
            .setMessage("Please, rate the app at PlayMarket")
            .setPositiveButton("RATE", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    if (context != null) {
                        ////////////////////////////////
                        Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + context.getPackageName());
                        Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
                        // To count with Play market backstack, After pressing back button,
                        // to taken back to our application, we need to add following flags to intent.
                        goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY |
                                Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET |
                                Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
                        try {
                            context.startActivity(goToMarket);
                        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
                            context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                                    Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + context.getPackageName())));
                        }


                    }
                }
            })
            .setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null);
    builder.show();
}

Answer 14

Declare a method in you activity class. Then copy and paste the code below.

private void OpenAppInPlayStore(){

    Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + this.getPackageName());
    Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    // To count with Play market backstack, After pressing back button,
    // to taken back to our application, we need to add following flags to intent.
    goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY |
            Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT |
            Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
    try {
        startActivity(goToMarket);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + this.getPackageName())));
    }

}

Now call this method from anywhere of your code.

Follow the image below from my practical project.

Answer 15

Another approach that may work for you is Linkify. If I have a TextView that is asking the user to rate the app, I can linkify a couple of words in the text so they are highlighted and when the user touches them, the play store opens up, ready for their review:

class playTransformFilter implements TransformFilter {
   public String transformUrl(Matcher match, String url) {
        return "market://details?id=com.qwertyasd.yourapp";
   }
}

class playMatchFilter implements MatchFilter {
    public boolean acceptMatch(CharSequence s, int start, int end) {
        return true;
    }
}
text1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text1);
text1.setText("Please rate it.");
final Pattern playMatcher = Pattern.compile("rate it");
Linkify.addLinks(text1, playMatcher, "", 
                   new playMatchFilter(), new playTransformFilter());

Answer 16

I use the following approach by combining this and this answer without using exception based programming and also supports pre-API 21 intent flag.

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
private Intent getRateIntent()
{
  String url        = isMarketAppInstalled() ? "market://details" : "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details";
  Intent rateIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(String.format("%s?id=%s", url, getPackageName())));
  int intentFlags   = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK;
  intentFlags      |= Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21 ? Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT : Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET;
  rateIntent.addFlags(intentFlags);
  return rateIntent;
}

private boolean isMarketAppInstalled()
{
  Intent marketIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://search?q=anyText"));
  return getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(marketIntent, 0).size() > 0;
}


// use
startActivity(getRateIntent());

---

Since the intent flag FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET is deprecated from API 21 I use the @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") tag on the getRateIntent method because my app target SDK is below API 21.

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I also tried the official Google way suggested on their website (Dec. 6th 2019). To what I see it doesn't handle the case if the Play Store app isn't installed:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.android"));
intent.setPackage("com.android.vending");
startActivity(intent);

Answer 17

import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.annotation.StringRes;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class PlayStoreLink {

public void checkForUpdate(Context context, int applicationId) 
{
    try {
        context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse(context.getString(R.string.url_market_details)
                        + applicationId)));
    } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
        try {
            context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                    Uri.parse(context.getString(R.string.url_playstore_app)
                            + applicationId)));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Toast.makeText(context,
                    R.string.install_google_play_store,
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

public void moreApps(Context context, @StringRes int devName) {
    try {
        context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse(context.getString(R.string.url_market_search_app)
                        + context.getString(devName))));
    } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
        try {
            context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                    Uri.parse(context.getString(R.string.url_playstore_search_app)
                            + context.getString(devName))));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Toast.makeText(context,
                    R.string.install_google_play_store,
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

public void rateApp(Context context, int applicationId) {
    try {
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(context.getString(R.string.url_market_details)
                + applicationId);
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
        int flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK;
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT_WATCH)
            flags |= Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT;
        else
            flags |= Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET;
        intent.addFlags(flags);
        context.startActivity(intent);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        checkForUpdate(context, applicationId);
    }
}
}

<string name="install_google_play_store" translatable="false">Please install google play store and then try again.</string>
<string name="url_market_details" translatable="false">market://details?id=</string>
<string name="url_playstore_app" translatable="false">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=</string>
<string name="url_market_search_app" translatable="false">market://search?q=pub:</string>
<string name="url_playstore_search_app" translatable="false">http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:</string>
<string name="app_link" translatable="false">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=</string>

devName is the name of Developer Account on Play Store

Answer 18

You can use this simple code for rate your app in your activity.

try {
    Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + getPackageName());
    Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    startActivity(goToMarket);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
    Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + getPackageName())));
}

Answer 19

A lot of time has passed since this answer and now THERE IS A WAY TO ATTACH THE GOOGLE PLAY REVIEW WINDOW TO YOUR APP

https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-review

// In your app’s build.gradle file:
...
dependencies {
    // This dependency is downloaded from the Google’s Maven repository.
    // So, make sure you also include that repository in your project's build.gradle file.
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.10.0'

    // For Kotlin users also add the Kotlin extensions library for Play Core:
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core-ktx:1.8.1'
    ...
}

Then whenever you want to show the rate pop-up

final ReviewManager manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(context);
final Task<ReviewInfo> request = manager.requestReviewFlow();
request.addOnCompleteListener(task -> {
    if (task.isSuccessful()) {
        // We can get the ReviewInfo object
        ReviewInfo reviewInfo = task.getResult();
        Task<Void> flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(context, reviewInfo);
flow.addOnCompleteListener(task -> {
    // The flow has finished. The API does not indicate whether the user
    // reviewed or not, or even whether the review dialog was shown. Thus, no
    // matter the result, we continue our app flow.
});
    } else {
        // There was some problem, log or handle the error code.
        @ReviewErrorCode int reviewErrorCode = ((TaskException) task.getException()).getErrorCode();
    }
});

As said in the comments THE API DOESN'T LET YOU KNOW WHAT RATING THE USER GAVE

Also google has strict guidelines to use this api, the frequency you are allowed to show the window is limited and also you are not allowed to induce the user to give you a good review. you can check the full documentation and guidelines in the link above

Answer 20

Here is my version using the BuildConfig class:

Intent marketIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

marketIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
    marketIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT);
}

try {
    startActivity(marketIntent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID)));
}

Answer 21

In-App Review API is a long-awaited feature that Google has launched in August 2020 like Apple did in 2016 for iOS apps.

With this API users will review and rate an application without leaving it. Google suggestion to developers not to force users to rate or review all the time as this API allocate a quota to each user on the specific usage of the application in a time. Surely developers would not be able to interrupt users with an attractive pop-up in the middle of their task.

Java

In Application level (build.gradle)

       dependencies {
            // This dependency from the Google Maven repository.
            // include that repository in your project's build.gradle file.
            implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.9.0'
        }

 

boolean isGMSAvailable = false;
int result = GoogleApiAvailability.getInstance().isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this);
isGMSAvailable = (com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult.SUCCESS == result);
  if(isGMSAvailable)
  {
    ReviewManager manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(this);
    Task<ReviewInfo> request = manager.requestReviewFlow();
    request.addOnCompleteListener(task -> {
      try {
        if (task.isSuccessful())
        {
           // getting ReviewInfo object
            ReviewInfo reviewInfo = task.getResult();
            Task<Void> flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(this, reviewInfo);
            flow.addOnCompleteListener(task2 -> {
                // The flow has finished. The API does not indicate whether the user
                // reviewed or not, or even whether the review dialog was shown. Thus,
                // no matter the result, we continue our app flow.
                   });
        } else 
        {
            // There was some problem, continue regardless of the result
           // call old method for rating and user will land in Play Store App page
           Utils.rateOnPlayStore(this);       
        }
        } catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Log.e("review Ex", "review & rate: "+ ex);
                 }
                });
    }
    else
    {
       // if user has not installed Google play services in his/her device you land them to 
       // specific store e.g. Huawei AppGallery or Samsung Galaxy Store 
       Utils.rateOnOtherStore(this);
    }   

Kotlin

val manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(context)
val request = manager.requestReviewFlow()
request.addOnCompleteListener { request ->
    if (request.isSuccessful) {
        // We got the ReviewInfo object
        val reviewInfo = request.result
    } else {
        // There was some problem, continue regardless of the result.
    }
}

//Launch the in-app review flow

val flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(activity, reviewInfo)
flow.addOnCompleteListener { _ ->
    // The flow has finished. The API does not indicate whether the user
    // reviewed or not, or even whether the review dialog was shown. Thus, no
    // matter the result, we continue our app flow.
}

for Testing use FakeReviewManager

//java
ReviewManager manager = new FakeReviewManager(this);

//Kotlin
val manager = FakeReviewManager(context)