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: pushandplay#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
inAppReview	Boolean	true	iOS Only. Write review directly in your application (iOS 10.3+), limit of 3 prompts per year. Fallback to opening the store within the app for other iOS versions. Use false to use in app browser.
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

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,
  inAppReview: true,
  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,
  inAppReview: true,
  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