Requesting user to rate/review/comment on Android Market

Question

Is there a way I can request user for a rating/review/comment for the application from within the application (Activity).

One option I can think is to create a link in the application to Android market where user can enter review/rating/comment. What I am looking is to allow the user to do this without leaving the application.

Also, I need to find out if the user has already reviewed. (Which case, I may choose to change the link to 'Revise the review' instead of 'Add a review').

Is this possible?

Alternatively, if I redirect to the market page, is it possible to take the user straight to the review section (not top of page)

Solution 1

No. Currently the only thing you can do is direct the user to the market to rate or leave a comment. Hopefully they will build a market api in the future that will allow better app-market interaction.

Solution 2

I wrote a simple library to do that.

It is called AppRate and you can find it on GitHub here.

Features:

• Do not prompt the user if the app has crashed once.
• Decide exaclty when to prompt the user. (number of launches ...)
• Customize the rate dialog to fit your application design.

Usage example:

It is very easy to install and use:

Drop the jar in your libs folder.

Then include the following code in the onCreate method of your MAIN activity.

new AppRate(this)
    .setShowIfAppHasCrashed(false)
    .setMinDaysUntilPrompt(0)
    .setMinLaunchesUntilPrompt(20)
    .init();

• This code will show a default rate dialog after 20 launches.
• It will be shown only if the app has never crashed.
• The rate button points to your application in the Google Play Store.

I hope this can help you. :)