MarketBin

Helps to detect which Android app stores are installed on device, and make links to your applications in those stores.

You are welcome with pull requests to add new app stores to MarketBin.

Examples

Handle "Show In Market" button click

MarketLocator locator = new MarketLocator(context);
IMarketDescriptor market = locator.findFirst(MarketBin.getAllKnown());
MarketUI.showAppInMarket(context, market, "com.haunted.office.buzz");

Display clicable link in a TextView

MarketUI.bindAppLink(textView, market, "com.haunted.office.buzz");

Get list of Android app store clients installed on device

MarketLocator locator = new MarketLocator(context);
List<IMarketDescriptor> availableMarkets = locator.findAll(MarketBin.getAllKnown(), true, true);

Note: MarketBin doesn't check if your app is available in those stores, only checks if store clients are available on your device. So, if you want to check that a subset of certain markets (where your app is published) is installed on user's device, you can make your own list for verification. The order in this list is significant for search sequence. So it's recommended to place most desirable items in the beginning of list and vice versa. Also I recommend to place at the end of list a "fallback" item, that shows a google play (for example) website in browser, if no available markets detected.

IMarketDescriptor[] myAppPublishedIn = {
    MarketBin.getGooglePlay(),
    MarketBin.getSamsungApps(),
    MarketBin.getSlideMe(),
    MarketBin.getGooglePlayWeb()
};
IMarketDescriptor market = locator.findFirst(Arrays.asList(myAppPublishedIn));

Dynamic extending

You can add your own markets without need to modify library source code. Just create a new MarketDescriptor item With market name, market client package name (if you know it), and template of package location URL (you can find it in store API documentation), where %s is a place, where your application id (usually package name) will be placed.

IMarketDescriptor googlePlay = new MarketDescriptor("Google Play", "market://details?id=%s", "com.android.vending");

Odd use

Market locator can be used to check whether some application is installd or some URI scheme handler is present. So, you can, for example, easily check if user has Bitcoin wallet installed and make clicable links for Bitcoin addresses.

MarketLocator locator = new MarketLocator(context);
IMarketDescriptor donation = new MarketDescriptor("Bitcoin Donation", "bitcoin:%s", null);
boolean bitcoinProtocolHandlerFound = locator.findByIntent(Arrays.asList(donation)) != null;
if (bitcoinProtocolHandlerFound)
    MarketUI.bindAppLink(textView, donation, "17g6FWQh8iF8C2MAQhoyYAvxtpYXdMbfbd");

Use in Android Studio

Online dependency

The easyest way to use - you don't need to build project yourself, just add a few lines in your gradle.config.

1. Add Haunted Soft maven repository in project repositories section (don't mix it up with buildscript repositories, that usually goes first).

   repositories {
       mavenCentral()
       maven { url "http://dl.bintray.com/haunted-soft/maven" }
   }

2. Add project depencency as usual. You also should add to dependencies JetBrains annotations library, if you still don't use it.

   dependencies {
       compile 'com.haunted.marketbin:MarketBin:+@aar'
       compile 'org.jetbrains:annotations:+@jar'
       ...
   }

Local dependency (build from source)

If you want to have latest version, that has not been published yet, or build from modified sources, the easyest way is to depend on local Maven repository in your project.

1. Download sources, build MarketBin project with gradle and execute uploadArchives task to publish library in local Maven repository.

   git clone git@github.com:Haunted-Soft/MarketBin.git
   cd MarketBin
   gradle build uploadArchives

2. Add mavenLocal repository in project repositories section (don't mix it up with buildscript repositories, that usually goes first)

   repositories {
       mavenCentral()
       mavenLocal()
   }

3. Add project dependency as usual (see above).

Donations

You can donate me some virtual coins, if you like MarketBin library and especially if it helps you earn real money :)

Bitcoin: 17g6FWQh8iF8C2MAQhoyYAvxtpYXdMbfbd

Litecoin: Lcz35NNdPap6X8GVgudVP9nwWxbYMvRgpi