onActivityResult() deprecated for AppCompatActivity

Question

I am using in-app updates for android and as per the documentation, they are using onActivityResult to handle app behaviour incase the update is interrupted.

This is my function that is called from my fragment:

private fun startImmediateUpdate(appUpdateInfo: AppUpdateInfo) {
    appUpdateManager.startUpdateFlowForResult(
        appUpdateInfo,
        AppUpdateType.IMMEDIATE,
        requireActivity(),
        Constants.CODES.APP_UPDATE_REQUEST_CODE
    )

}

This is how i am handling results in parent activity

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
    when (requestCode) {
        Constants.CODES.APP_UPDATE_REQUEST_CODE -> {
            if (resultCode != RESULT_OK || resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED || resultCode == ActivityResult.RESULT_IN_APP_UPDATE_FAILED) {
                //Do whatever i want to
            }
        }
    }
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
}

Now super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data) is deprecated. Things are working fine for now but i am worried the app will crash if its wiped out completely

What can i do to replace onActivityResult()? I have looked into registerForActivityResult() but could not find anything that suits my usecase.

Conspecific

OnActivityResult method is deprecated, what is the alternative?. You should go as per Getting a result from an activity – Terrain

@Terrain i am not starting any activity on my own. Its a built in function used by appUpdateManager, although works in the similar fashion as startActivityForResult() , but i just want to handle the results. Not launching anything on my own. – Conspecific

Check this on google documentation: developer.android.com/training/basics/intents/result#separate. Maybe will help you – Salmons

@HashirAli Any update? – Handfasting

Nothing positive so far. – Conspecific

Please see this tweet by Ian Lake which helped me implement a solution that uses registerForActivityResult. However it's not that simple as there is no sample and the documentation is quite sparse. – Faraday

This was finally added in version 2.1.0 of the library. Please see my updated answer. – Faraday

Answer 1

Update (June 2023):

Since version 2.1.0 of the In-App Updates library, which was released in May 2023, an overload of startUpdateFlowForResult that accepts an IntentSenderForResultStarter was finally added.

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Old answer (before version 2.1.0):

As Ian Lake mentioned there is a solution that uses IntentSenderForResultStarter.

First of all in your Activity, create a ActivityResultLauncher:

private val updateFlowResultLauncher =
    registerForActivityResult(
        ActivityResultContracts.StartIntentSenderForResult(),
    ) { result ->
        if (result.resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            // Handle successful app update
        }
    }

Now start the update flow as follows:

fun startUpdate(
    appUpdateInfo: AppUpdateInfo,
    requestCode: Int,
) {
    val starter =
        IntentSenderForResultStarter { intent, _, fillInIntent, flagsMask, flagsValues, _, _ ->
            val request = IntentSenderRequest.Builder(intent)
                .setFillInIntent(fillInIntent)
                .setFlags(flagsValues, flagsMask)
                .build()

            updateFlowResultLauncher.launch(request)
        }

    appUpdateManager.startUpdateFlowForResult(
        appUpdateInfo,
        AppUpdateType.FLEXIBLE,
        starter,
        requestCode,
    )
}

Faraday

If you're using Compose this may be helpful: gist.github.com/tadfisher/e1bd46bfcabf92f96278bf8d25da6d0e – Peyote

Answer 2

I have the same issue and I see that one possibility is to rewrite to use the startUpdateFlow call instead.

Personally, I think this is not worth doing, so I will ignore this specific deprecation warning instead and wait/hope for Android/Google to make a method where we can pass an ActivityResultLauncher instead.

Inconclusive

as of 22-DEC-21, no update from google yet they want us to target sdk 30 at min and use scopedstorage and what not – Journey

This was finally added in version 2.1.0 of the library. Please see my updated answer. – Faraday

Answer 3

The New Way

    appUpdateInfoTask.addOnSuccessListener { appUpdateInfo ->
        if (appUpdateInfo.updateAvailability() == UpdateAvailability.UPDATE_AVAILABLE
            && (appUpdateInfo.clientVersionStalenessDays() ?: -1) >= 2
            && appUpdateInfo.updatePriority() >= updatePriority
            && appUpdateInfo.isUpdateTypeAllowed(AppUpdateType.IMMEDIATE)
        ) {
            appUpdateManager.startUpdateFlowForResult(
                appUpdateInfo,
                AppUpdateType.IMMEDIATE,
                this,
                updateCode
            )
            openActivityForResult()
        }
    }
}

private fun openActivityForResult(){
    resultUpdate.launch(Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java))
}

var resultUpdate = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()){ result->
    if (result.resultCode != Activity.RESULT_OK){
        Toast.makeText(
            this,
            "App Update failed, please try again on the next app launch.",
            Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
        ).show()
    }
}

Pikeman

Thanks for the suggestion. However I'm waiting for an official support of the new API with ActivityResultLauncher as Anders Ullnæss wrote above. – Faraday