title: Programmatically check Play Store for app updates, may 2018
body: <p>This <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25201349/programmatically-check-play-store-for-app-updates">question</a> has been asked before and <strong>had</strong> an answer. But Google changed something on their side and now it no longer works: the <code>softwareVersion</code> is no longer there.</p>
  
  <h2>How to Programmatically check Play Store for app updates in may 2018?</h2>
  
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  <p>Old Question and Answer:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25201349/programmatically-check-play-store-for-app-updates">Programmatically check Play Store for app updates</a> </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/35969300/4421627">Old answer</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>dependencies {
      compile 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.8.3'
  }
  </code></pre>