Merge pull request #13698 from Expensify/andrew-play-store-beta

Query GitHub API instead of Google Play Store to determine beta

package.json

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
     "react-plaid-link": "3.3.2",
     "react-web-config": "^1.0.0",
     "save": "^2.4.0",
+    "semver": "^7.3.8",
     "shim-keyboard-event-key": "^1.0.3",
     "underscore": "^1.13.1",
     "urbanairship-react-native": "^14.3.1"
@@ -184,7 +185,6 @@
     "react-native-performance-flipper-reporter": "^2.0.0",
     "react-native-svg-transformer": "^1.0.0",
     "react-test-renderer": "18.1.0",
-    "semver": "^7.3.4",
     "shellcheck": "^1.1.0",
     "style-loader": "^2.0.0",
     "time-analytics-webpack-plugin": "^0.1.17",

src/CONST.js

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ const CONST = {
     TERMS_URL: `${USE_EXPENSIFY_URL}/terms`,
     PRIVACY_URL: `${USE_EXPENSIFY_URL}/privacy`,
     LICENSES_URL: `${USE_EXPENSIFY_URL}/licenses`,
-    PLAY_STORE_URL: `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=${ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME}&hl=en`,
+    GITHUB_RELEASE_URL: 'https://api.github.com/repos/expensify/app/releases/latest',
     ADD_SECONDARY_LOGIN_URL: encodeURI('settings?param={"section":"account","openModal":"secondaryLogin"}'),
     MANAGE_CARDS_URL: 'domain_companycards',
     FEES_URL: `${USE_EXPENSIFY_URL}/fees`,

src/libs/Environment/betaChecker/index.android.js

@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
+import semver from 'semver';
 import CONST from '../../../CONST';
 import pkg from '../../../../package.json';
 
 /**
- * Check the Google Play store listing to see if the current build is a beta build or production build
+ * Check the GitHub releases to see if the current build is a beta build or production build
  *
  * @returns {Promise}
  */
 function isBetaBuild() {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
-        fetch(CONST.PLAY_STORE_URL)
-            .then(res => res.text())
-            .then((text) => {
-                const productionVersionSearch = text.match(/\[\[\["\d+\.\d+\.\d+/);
-                if (!productionVersionSearch) {
+        fetch(CONST.GITHUB_RELEASE_URL)
+            .then(res => res.json())
+            .then((json) => {
+                const productionVersion = json.tag_name;
+                if (!productionVersion) {
                     resolve(false);
                 }
 
-                const productionVersion = productionVersionSearch[0].match(/\d+\.\d+\.\d+/);
-
-                // If we have a match for the production version regex and the current version is not the same
-                // as the production version, we are on a beta build
-                const isBeta = productionVersion && productionVersionSearch[0].trim() !== pkg.version;
+                // If the current version we are running is greater than the production version, we are on a beta version of Android
+                const isBeta = semver.gt(pkg.version, productionVersion);
                 resolve(isBeta);
             })
             .catch(() => {