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KMManager.getLatestKeyboardFileVersion()

Summary

The getLatestKeyboardFileVersion() method returns the specified keyboard's latest file version number.

Syntax

KMManager.getLatestKeyboardFileVersion(Context context, String packageID, String keyboardID)

Parameters

context
The context.
packageID
ID of the package.
keyboardID
ID of the keyboard.

Returns

Returns the specified keyboard's latest file version number as String if the keyboard exists, null otherwise.

Description

Use this method to get the latest file version number of the specified keyboard if it exists in the assets/cloud/ or assets/packages/ folder.

If packageID is cloud, this method determines the latest file version by the filename.

If packageID is something else, the metadata file assets/packageID/kmp.json is parsed to determine the keyboard version.

Examples

Example: Using getLatestKeyboardFileVersion()

The following script illustrate the use of getLatestKeyboardFileVersion():

    String latestVersion = getLatestKeyboardFileVersion(this, "cloud", "tamil99m");
    if (latestVersion != null) {
        // If we assume that there are 2 tamil99m keyboard files in assets/cloud/ folder
        // with filenames; tamil99m-1.0.js and tamil99m-1.1.js
        // then latestVersion = "1.1"
    }
    else {
        // This keyboard does not exist in assets/cloud/ folder!
    }