User versionName value of AndroidManifest.xml in code

android, android-manifest

Solution

If you use ADT and Eclipse:

String version = getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0).versionName;

If you use Gradle, there is an easier way, since it puts the data into BuildConfig for you:

String version = BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME;

Problem

The `AndroidManifest.xml` contains the version name of the application, something like ``` android:versionName="1.0" ``` Now the question - is it somehow possible to access this version name in the source code, so that I can display it for example in an About `Dialog`?

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