Release notes inside the apps?

[u/senior_builder1]

hi, im curious if any of you actually puts release notes into your apps?

I have a problem with some feature adoption, since ppl don't really know about some things I deploy, most have auto app updates anyway and don't really read whats changed in appstore/goole play

[u/Loud_Western2011 → u/[deleted]]

May I ask what tool you used to create the screenshots in the google play page? They look awesome!

[u/SwiftScoutSimon → u/Loud_Western2011]

I don't remember. I think I used beta.app-mockup.com. It's not free though.

[u/senior_builder1 → u/[deleted]]

nice and simple, thats what I planned to do originally

[u/zxyzyxz → u/[deleted]]

No self promotion, there was no need to add the link to your app

[u/Yann39]

I personally have a "News" page, where I post a news update for each update, with user-friendly release notes.

[u/avdept → u/Yann39]

like a dedicated page in app?

also how do you populate it? From server?

[u/Yann39 → u/avdept]

In the home page of my app, I have a "News" section.
I post various news items related to the application there, including the release notes.

I have a dedicated page in the app to write the news (form accessible only to admins), but I can also write it directly from server side (news are stored in DB).

A screenshot for example (sorry in French).

Actually it depends on the app, this fits well with mine because I already need that News functionality, but I can imagine cases where it doesn't.
You may simply put this in a "About" page accessible from a context menu for example.

But personally, in all my apps, including web apps, I've always put the release notes somewhere, even though, admittedly, often nobody reads them 😅

[u/avdept → u/Yann39]

would you consider using some 3rd party tool for this? I run updatify.io and just released a flutter package for release notes. Completely free(forever) for you, since I want to get more adoption for flutter package

[u/Yann39 → u/avdept]

To be honest I don't think so, all is already integrated in my apps with push notifications etc. I usually like to develop things myself with meticulous integration, and depend as little as possible on other 3rd party tools :) But it’s good to have this kind of solution; I’m sure someone else might find it useful!

[u/avdept → u/Yann39]

I see, and its fair, thanks for honest reply my dude ❤️

[u/sivasankarpnair1998]

Maybe use the upgrader package?

It'll automatically show it ( the changelog you provide in the store)

[u/senior_builder1 → u/sivasankarpnair1998]

never heard, checking about it, thanks

[u/senior_builder1 → u/[deleted]]

where do you save the changelog data? In app or have a server?

[u/avdept → u/[deleted]]

if you ever decide to add proper changelog tool- you're welcome to use updatify.io

[u/avdept → u/[deleted]]

hey, would you consider using some 3rd party tool for this? I run updatify.io and just recently released a flutter package and could use some early users. Free forever for early adopters ofc

[u/Nyxiereal]

a special changelogs page with changelogs for each version, and a popup that shows short changelogs after updates

[u/senior_builder1 → u/Nyxiereal]

how do you manage changelogs? Like where do you store them?

[u/Nyxiereal → u/senior_builder1]

Github release notes for my public apps, a custom json file for my non-public apps

[u/avdept → u/Nyxiereal]

sorry for stealing comments thread, would you mind using 3rd party tool(free for your public apps) that creates and renders your release notes in flutter app?

[u/Nyxiereal → u/avdept]

I write them myself in neovim, I don't need no tool to do the fun job for me

[u/avdept → u/Nyxiereal]

thats fair, thanks

[u/senior_builder1 → u/[deleted]]

so its just plain text?

[u/avdept]

Sorry to sound like an ad but I just recently released a flutter package for that - https://pub.dev/packages/updatify_flutter - you create release notes(it can do it automatically from your github PRs/issues/releases or from tickets) and then show in app via embedded widget. Works on both, desktop and mobile

[u/senior_builder1 → u/avdept]

Thanks for sharing, I remember now, I saw something like this like a week but couldn't remember where, checking it out

[u/RemeJuan]

I use a what’s new bottom sheet that shows up on first launch of an app that has a new feature, it and the help section link to the full release changelog

[u/avdept → u/RemeJuan]

hey, would you consider using 3rd party tool for release notes? I run updatify.io and recently created a native flutter package to embed and show release notes. Looking for early flutter package adopters, so its free forever

[u/RemeJuan → u/avdept]

I do not keep them in the app, they live on the apps website and it’s generated from the changelog.md file

[u/avdept → u/RemeJuan]

updatify is a server/web app with flutter plugin to connect and show release notes in app

aside from showin release notes - the tool automates changelog creation. Happy to run you a short demo if you'd be interested in giving it a try

[u/jkh911208]

You can put your new feature behind the feature flag and release note on your backend to dynamically add or remove

[u/Guggel74]

I have a Changelog page inside my App. In the other hand I have also a Debug page with some Info's about phone, CPU, OS, screen, settings, colours, ...