cordova-plugin-apprate

This plugin provide the rate this app functionality into your Cordova/Phonegap application

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Some Articles on the Importance of App Reviews and Ratings

• Begging For App Ratings
• Choices And Consequences
• The importance of App Store reviews
• The Rate Friday Initiative
• Prompting for App Reviews

Supported platforms

• iOS
• Android
• Windows (experimental)
• Blackberry (experimental)
• Windows8 (experimental)

Requirements

Phonegap / Cordova 3.0.0 or later

Installation

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

Customization and usage

Note

All %@ patterns in customLocale object will be automatically replaced to your application title

Available preferences options

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
openStoreInApp	{Boolean}	false	leave app or no when application page opened in app store (now supported only for iOS)
useCustomRateDialog	{Boolean}	false	use custom view for rate dialog
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

Simple setup and call

AppRate.preferences.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>'
};

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

AppRate.preferences.customLocale = {
  title: "Rate %@";
  message: "If you enjoy using %@, would you mind taking a moment to rate it? It won’t take more than a minute. Thanks for your support!";
  cancelButtonLabel: "No, Thanks";
  laterButtonLabel: "Remind Me Later";
  rateButtonLabel: "Rate It Now";
};

Full setup

AppRate.preferences = {
  openStoreInApp: true,
  displayAppName: 'My custom app title',
  usesUntilPrompt: 5,
  promptAgainForEachNewVersion: false,
  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: "Rate %@",
    message: "If you enjoy using %@, would you mind taking a moment to rate it? It won’t take more than a minute. Thanks for your support!",
    cancelButtonLabel: "No, Thanks",
    laterButtonLabel: "Remind Me Later",
    rateButtonLabel: "Rate It Now"
  }
};

AppRate.promptForRating();

Callbacks setup and use custom rate-dialog

AppRate.preferences = {
  useCustomRateDialog: true,
  callbacks: {
    onRateDialogShow: function(callback){
      callback(1) // cause immediate click on 'Rate Now' button
    },
    onButtonClicked: function(buttonIndex){
      console.log("onButtonClicked -> " + buttonIndex);
    }
  }
};

Already included translations

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

Access to locales

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

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