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Asked: 2026-06-12T21:22:01+00:00

I found different approaches to offer android app user the opportunity to share an

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I found different approaches to offer android app user the opportunity to share an app link with friends form within an app and also ask them to rate the app on google play. As I am a friend of doing things the standard way yet new to android I was wondering if there is a google recommended standard way to do this, to

  • ask the user of an app from within the app to rate it on google play
  • offer the opportunity to share a link to the app on google play from within the app via email, facebook etc with friends

Thanks buddies

UPDATE

As this was obviously not so clear, my question is mainly around the technical aspect of doing it. (other suggestions are of course also welcome)

UPDATE 2

Found

http://www.androidsnippets.com/prompt-engaged-users-to-rate-your-app-in-the-android-market-appirater

which is not exactly what I wanted but maybe useful for people stumbling over this thread. In its core it is what Budius suggested

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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s really not an ‘standard’ way of doing it. It’s a very delicate situation, I guess the 1st rule will be don’t be rude or over-intrusive to your users.

    Leave the share option always available on some menu and don’t force your users to use it.

    About rating, you could count the amount of times your app is used (or for how long) and based on that estimation pop a thing to give the user the option to rate it, but unless the user clicks “Remind me Later” do never show that message again.

    edit:

    based on the author comment:
    nothing special code wise, to rate the app you just start an Action_VIEW to your app link (e.g. for my app)

        startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.budius.WiFiShoot")));

    and for the share is the same standard share code ( http://developer.android.com/training/sharing/send.html ) just passing your app link and maybe some extra message like : “check out my awesome app!”

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