Cordova-Plugin-Apprate

A plugin to provide rate this app functionality into your cordova application

PR's are greatly appreciated

Supported platforms

• iOS
• Android
• Windows
• Blackberry

Installation Prerequisites

Choose your preferred browser plugin which will be used to open the store and install it:

• https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/cordova-plugin-safariviewcontroller
• https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

NOTE: If you chose inappbrowser then make sure to add openUrl: AppRate.preferences.openUrl option to preferences if you will override the preference object. And if you chose cordova-plugin-safariviewcontroller then you must configure it with this plugin by setting:

AppRate.preferences.openUrl = function (url) {
  if (!window.SafariViewController) {
    window.open(url, '_blank', 'location=yes');
  }
  else {
    SafariViewController.isAvailable(function (available) {
        if (available) {
          SafariViewController.show({
                url: url,
                barColor: "#0000ff", // on iOS 10+ you can change the background color as well
                controlTintColor: "#00ffff" // on iOS 10+ you can override the default tintColor
                tintColor: "#00ffff", // should be set to same value as controlTintColor and will be a fallback on older ios
              },
              // this success handler will be invoked for the lifecycle events 'opened', 'loaded' and 'closed'
              function(result) {
                if (result.event === 'opened') {
                  console.log('opened');
                } else if (result.event === 'loaded') {
                  console.log('loaded');
                } else if (result.event === 'closed') {
                  console.log('closed');
                }
              },
              function(msg) {
                console.log("error: " + msg);
              })
        } else {
          window.open(url, '_blank', 'location=yes');
        }
      });
  }
};

Installation

• From cordova plugins registry: cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-apprate
• From github repository: cordova plugin add https://github.com/pushandplay/cordova-plugin-apprate.git
• For phonegap build add the following to your config.xml: <gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-apprate" />

Customization and usage

• Note: During development the submit button will be disabled and cannot be pressed. This is expected behavior per Apple when the app has not been downloaded from the app store. Details here: https://github.com/pushandplay/cordova-plugin-apprate/issues/182

Options / Preferences

These options are available on the AppRate.preferences object.

| Option | Type | Default | Description | | :------ | :---- | :------- | :----------- | | useLanguage | String | null | custom BCP 47 language tag | | displayAppName | String | '' | custom application title | | promptAgainForEachNewVersion | Boolean | true | show dialog again when application version will be updated | | usesUntilPrompt | Integer | 3 | count of runs of application before dialog will be displayed | | reviewType.ios | Enum | AppStoreReview | the type of review display to show the user | | simpleMode | Boolean | false | enabling simplemode would display the rate dialog directly without the negative feedback filtering flow| | callbacks.onButtonClicked | Function | null | call back function. called when user clicked on rate-dialog buttons | | callbacks.onRateDialogShow | Function | null | call back function. called when rate-dialog showing | | storeAppURL.ios | String | null | application id in AppStore | | storeAppURL.android | String | null | application URL in GooglePlay | | storeAppURL.windows | String | null | application URL in Windows Store | | storeAppURL.blackberry | String | null | application URL in AppWorld | | storeAppURL.windows8 | String | null | application URL in WindowsStore | | customLocale | Object | null | custom locale object |

reviewType.ios Enum

• 'AppStoreReview' - Open the store within the app. Use this option as an alternative to inAppReview to avoid the rate action from doing nothing
• 'InAppReview' - Write review directly in your application (iOS 10.3+), limit of 3 prompts per year. Fallback to 'AppStoreReview' for other iOS versions
• 'InAppBrowser' - Open the store using the openUrl preference (defaults to InAppBrowser). Be advised that WKWebView might not open the app store links

Examples

Makes sure all your calls to the plugin happen after the cordova onDeviceReady event has fired.

Simple setup and call

Note: windows does not need an URL as this is done by the native code.

AppRate.preferences.storeAppURL = {
  ios: '<my_app_id>',
  android: 'market://details?id=<package_name>',
  blackberry: 'appworld://content/[App Id]/',
  windows8: 'ms-windows-store:Review?name=<the Package Family Name of the application>'
};

AppRate.promptForRating();

Don't Call rate dialog immediately

AppRate.promptForRating(false);

If false is not present it will ignore usesUntilPrompt, promptAgainForEachNewVersion, and button logic, it will prompt every time.

Override dialog button callback

AppRate.preferences.callbacks.onButtonClicked = function(buttonIndex) {
  console.log("onButtonClicked -> " + buttonIndex);
};

Set custom language

AppRate.preferences.useLanguage = 'ru';

Set custom Locale object

Note: %@ patterns in title and message will be automatically replaced with AppRate.preferences.displayAppName

AppRate.preferences.customLocale = {
  title: "Would you mind rating %@?",
  message: "It won’t take more than a minute and helps to promote our app. Thanks for your support!",
  cancelButtonLabel: "No, Thanks",
  laterButtonLabel: "Remind Me Later",
  rateButtonLabel: "Rate It Now",
  yesButtonLabel: "Yes!",
  noButtonLabel: "Not really",
  appRatePromptTitle: 'Do you like using %@',
  feedbackPromptTitle: 'Mind giving us some feedback?',
};

Full setup using SafariViewController

AppRate.preferences = {
  displayAppName: 'My custom app title',
  usesUntilPrompt: 5,
  promptAgainForEachNewVersion: false,
  reviewType: {
    ios: 'InAppReview'
  },
  storeAppURL: {
    ios: '<my_app_id>',
    android: 'market://details?id=<package_name>',
    windows: 'ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=<the apps Store ID>',
    blackberry: 'appworld://content/[App Id]/',
    windows8: 'ms-windows-store:Review?name=<the Package Family Name of the application>'
  },
  customLocale: {
    title: "Would you mind rating %@?",
    message: "It won’t take more than a minute and helps to promote our app. Thanks for your support!",
    cancelButtonLabel: "No, Thanks",
    laterButtonLabel: "Remind Me Later",
    rateButtonLabel: "Rate It Now",
    yesButtonLabel: "Yes!",
    noButtonLabel: "Not really",
    appRatePromptTitle: 'Do you like using %@',
    feedbackPromptTitle: 'Mind giving us some feedback?',
  },
  callbacks: {
    handleNegativeFeedback: function(){
      window.open('mailto:[email protected]','_system');
    },
    onRateDialogShow: function(callback){
      callback(1) // cause immediate click on 'Rate Now' button
    },
    onButtonClicked: function(buttonIndex){
      console.log("onButtonClicked -> " + buttonIndex);
    }
  }
};

AppRate.preferences.openUrl = function (url) {
  if (!window.SafariViewController) {
    window.open(url, '_blank', 'location=yes');
  }
  else {
    SafariViewController.isAvailable(function (available) {
        if (available) {
          SafariViewController.show({
                url: url,
                barColor: "#0000ff", // on iOS 10+ you can change the background color as well
                controlTintColor: "#00ffff" // on iOS 10+ you can override the default tintColor
                tintColor: "#00ffff", // should be set to same value as controlTintColor and will be a fallback on older ios
              },
              // this success handler will be invoked for the lifecycle events 'opened', 'loaded' and 'closed'
              function(result) {
                if (result.event === 'opened') {
                  console.log('opened');
                } else if (result.event === 'loaded') {
                  console.log('loaded');
                } else if (result.event === 'closed') {
                  console.log('closed');
                }
              },
              function(msg) {
                console.log("error: " + msg);
              })
        } else {
          window.open(url, '_blank', 'location=yes');
        }
      });
  }
};

AppRate.promptForRating();

Full setup using inappbrowser

AppRate.preferences = {
  displayAppName: 'My custom app title',
  usesUntilPrompt: 5,
  promptAgainForEachNewVersion: false,
  reviewType: {
    ios: 'InAppReview'
  },
  storeAppURL: {
    ios: '<my_app_id>',
    android: 'market://details?id=<package_name>',
    windows: 'ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=<the apps Store ID>',
    blackberry: 'appworld://content/[App Id]/',
    windows8: 'ms-windows-store:Review?name=<the Package Family Name of the application>'
  },
  customLocale: {
    title: "Would you mind rating %@?",
    message: "It won’t take more than a minute and helps to promote our app. Thanks for your support!",
    cancelButtonLabel: "No, Thanks",
    laterButtonLabel: "Remind Me Later",
    rateButtonLabel: "Rate It Now",
    yesButtonLabel: "Yes!",
    noButtonLabel: "Not really",
    appRatePromptTitle: 'Do you like using %@',
    feedbackPromptTitle: 'Mind giving us some feedback?',
  },
  callbacks: {
    handleNegativeFeedback: function(){
      window.open('mailto:[email protected]','_system');
    },
    onRateDialogShow: function(callback){
      callback(1) // cause immediate click on 'Rate Now' button
    },
    onButtonClicked: function(buttonIndex){
      console.log("onButtonClicked -> " + buttonIndex);
    }
  },
  openUrl: AppRate.preferences.openUrl
};

AppRate.promptForRating();

Access to locales

// Getting list of names for available locales
AppRate.locales.getLocalesNames();

// Getting locale object by name
AppRate.locales.getLocale('en');

List of translations

https://github.com/pushandplay/cordova-plugin-apprate/blob/master/www/locales.js

Credits

Currently maintained by @westonganger

Created by @pushandplay - Donate with PayPal