Flutter: upgrade the version code for play store

Question

Update version:A.B.C+X in pubspec.yaml.

For Android:

A.B.C represents the versionName such as 1.0.0.

X (the number after the +) represents the versionCode such as 1, 2, 3, etc.

Do not forget to execute flutter build apk or flutter run after this step, because: When you run flutter build apk or flutter run after updating this version in the pubspec file, the versionName and versionCode in local.properties are updated which are later picked up in the build.gradle (app) when you build your flutter project using flutter build apk or flutter run which is ultimately responsible for setting the versionName and versionCode for the apk.

For iOS:

A.B.C represents the CFBundleShortVersionString such as 1.0.0.

X (the number after the +) represents the CFBundleVersion such as 1, 2, 3, etc.

Do not forget to execute flutter build ipa or flutter run after this step

Figured this one out. Documentation is not straight forward

in your pubspec.yaml change the version like this

version: 1.0.2+2

where the stuff is VER_NAME+VER_CODE

Solution:

Inside pubspec.yaml add this (probably after description, same indentation as of description, name etc...):

version: 2.0.0+2

Then do packages get inside flutter local directory (Do not forget to do this)

Explanation:

Everything before plus is version name and after is version code. So here the version code is 2 and name is 2.0.0. Whenever you give an update to the flutter app make sure to change the version code compulsorily!

Addtional Info:

Whenever android app is built, build.gradle inside android/app/ looks for version code and name. This usually lies in local.properties which is changed every time you change flutter pubspec.yaml

The default version number of the app is 1.0.0. To update it, navigate to the pubspec.yaml file and update the following line:

version: 1.0.0+1

Just change that version to (As per your need )

version: 1.0.1+2

The version number is three numbers separated by dots, such as 1.0.0 in the example above, followed by an optional build number such as 1 in the example above, separated by a +.

Both the version and the build number may be overridden in Flutter’s build by specifying --build-name and --build-number, respectively.

In Android, build-name is used as versionName while build-number used as versionCode. For more information, see Version your app

After updating the version number in the pubspec file, run flutter pub get from the top of the project, or use the Pub get button in your IDE. This updates the versionName and versionCode in the local.properties file, which are later updated in the build.gradle file when you rebuild the Flutter app.