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I have notice that quite a few application show version/history informations before installation. And I wonder how they do it.

Also, which may or may not be related, Titanium Backup has a full version history on AppBrain. Again I wonder how that is done.

Does anybody know?

Since titanium Backup has a funny star in the URL so normal links won't work, here the link for cut/copy/paste. 

http://www.appbrain.com/app/titanium-backup-★-root/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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I suppose you're referring to the change log on some apps. Well, they're cheating - they're making the version log part of the version name.

android:versionName="1.6.7: Now with fewer crashes and great new features. And much slower than before. How awesome."

Note that it's now possible to add a changelog when publishing an app, Google enabled that a few days ago. You just enter it on the website where you publish your app and enter the description. That will show up underneath your description, in the same font.

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  • Thanks. And I like your humour — had a good laugh. And next release is planned for Monday at the new change log feature.
    – Martin
    Commented Nov 5, 2010 at 20:35
  • net.sourceforge.uiq3.fx602p A first check shows that the version history is picked up by www.appbrain.com, www.androidzoom.com and www.androlib.com.
    – Martin
    Commented Nov 8, 2010 at 14:07

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