rg-react-native-in-app-updates

Simple Package In App Updates For React Native supports on both Android and IOS.

Getting started

rg-react-native-in-app-updates is a package/module created to support your app to update itself. whereas on ios devices the app only shows a prompt to update the app.

Installation

npm i rg-react-native-in-app-updates

For IOS Only :

On iOS you may need to also add the following lines in your Info.plist to be able to launch the store deep link.

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
  <string>itms-apps</string>
</array>

Troubleshooting

if error appear :

Error: @react-native-community/react-native-device-info: NativeModule.RNDeviceInfo is null.

You can install manually package react-native-device-info if you don't define a bundle Identifier and local version of the application. to install it run the following command.

Using npm:

npm install --save react-native-device-info

or using yarn:

yarn add react-native-device-info

then

cd ios && pod install && cd ..

Options IOS Only

value	type	description
localVersion	String (Required if not uses react-native-device-info)	version currently running on the device
bundleIdentifier	String (Required if not uses react-native-device-info)(IOS Only)	bundle identifier on Xcode
title	String(Optional)	The title of the alert prompt when there's a new version. (default: Update Available)
forceUpgrade	boolean (optional)	If set to true the user won't be able to cancel the upgrade (default: false)
message	String(Optional)	The content of the alert prompt when there's a new version (default: There is an updated version available on the App Store. Would you like to update?)
buttonUpdateText	String(Optional)	The text of the confirmation button on the alert prompt (default: Update )
buttonCancelText	String(Optional)	The text of the cancelation button on the alert prompt (default: Cancel)

Usage

    import  RgInAppUpdates  from  'rg-react-native-in-app-updates';
    
    const  versionRules = {
    localVersion: '1.0.0', //(optional) prefer not uses react-native-device-info
    bundleIdentifier: 'com.package', //(optional) prefer not uses react-native-device-info
    forceUpgrade:  false,
    title:  'Update Tersedia',
    message:
    'Ada versi terbaru yang tersedia di App Store. Apakah Anda ingin Update?',
    buttonUpgradeText:  'Update', 
    };
    
    //call in componentDidMount() or useeffect()
    RgInAppUpdates(versionRules);
    or 
    RgInAppUpdates({});