react-native-android-easy-updates

Android in app updates made easy for react native developers

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

react-native-android-easy-updates

Getting started

$ npm install react-native-android-easy-updates --save

Mostly automatic installation

$ react-native link react-native-android-easy-updates

Manual installation

Android

  1. Open up android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java
  • Add import com.androideasyupdates.RNAndroidEasyUpdatesPackage; to the imports at the top of the file
  • Add new RNAndroidEasyUpdatesPackage() to the list returned by the getPackages() method
  1. Append the following lines to android/settings.gradle:
    include ':react-native-android-easy-updates'
    project(':react-native-android-easy-updates').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 	'../node_modules/react-native-android-easy-updates/android')
    
  2. Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in android/app/build.gradle:
      compile project(':react-native-android-easy-updates')
    

Usage

import RNAndroidEasyUpdates from 'react-native-android-easy-updates';

API

All the APIs return promise. Please go to https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-updates for more information about different function and parameter information.

checkUpdateAvailability()

Checks and starts app update if available for particular updateType

  1. Input Params:
    • updateType - IMMEDIAT/FELXIBLE

Example

RNAndroidEasyUpdates.checkUpdateAvailability(updateType).then((status) => {
    //update success status
});

completeUpdate()

Starts complete app update if available

Example

RNAndroidEasyUpdates.completeUpdate().then((status) => {
    //update success status
});