Version Widget

A Flutter widget that displays version information with optional changelog date and link. This widget is designed to be used across multiple apps to maintain consistent version display and changelog access.

Features

• Display version information in a simple text widget
• Optionally also display the release date
• Automatic date extraction from CHANGELOG.md files
• Clickable to view the full CHANGELOG in an in-app dialogue with markdown rendering
• Customisable styling
• Fallback date support
• Custom tooltip messages
• Visual indicator for outdated version
• Network connectivity handling
• Formatted date display (DD MMM YYYY)

Installation

Add the package to you app's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  version_widget: ^1.0.5

Usage

Basic usage:

import 'package:version_widget/version_widget.dart';

// In your widget tree:

VersionWidget(
  version: '1.0.5',  // Required parameter
)

With CHANGELOG support:

VersionWidget(
  version: '1.0.5',
  changelogUrl: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anusii/version_widget/main/CHANGELOG.md',
  showDate: true,
  defaultDate: '20240101',
)

With custom tooltip messages:

VersionWidget(
  version: '1.0.5',  // Required parameter
  changelogUrl: 'https://github.com/anusii/version_widget/raw/main/CHANGELOG.md',
  isLatestTooltip: 'Your app is up to date! Enjoy the latest features.',
  notLatestTooltip: 'Version $_latestVersion is available with new features!',
)

Version Status Indicators

• Grey text: Version is being checked
• Blue text: Version is up to date
• Red bold text: Newer version is available
• No date shown: Internet connection unavailable

CHANGELOG.md Format

The widget expects the CHANGELOG.md file to have dates in the following format. The important part is [1.0.5 20250101 and the first such text found is interpreted as the latest version and timestamp. This allows, for example, the string to be [1.0.5 20250514 fred] as a common format to attribute changes to users.

## [1.0.5 20250101]
- Initial release

The widget will automatically find the correct release date for the current version by matching against all version entries in the changelog.

Properties

• version (required): The version string to display. Must be provided.
• changelogUrl (optional): URL to the CHANGELOG.md file
• showDate (optional): Whether to show the release date (defaults to true)
• defaultDate (optional): Default date to show if changelog cannot be fetched (format: YYYYMMDD)
• isLatestTooltip (optional): Custom message to show when version is latest
• notLatestTooltip (optional): Custom message to show when newer version is available

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.