React Native APK Installer

Install an android APK from your react-native project. This project is based on react-native-android-library-boilerplate and react-native-install-apk

Installing ApkInstaller

1. Add react-native-apk-installer to your project

   • Install directly from npm: npm install --save react-native-apk-installer.
   • Or do npm install --save git+https://github.com/null--/react-native-apk-installer.git in your main project.

2. Link the library:

   • Add the following to android/settings.gradle:

      include ':react-native-apk-installer'
      project(':react-native-apk-installer').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../node_modules/react-native-apk-installer/android')

   • Add the following to android/app/build.gradle:

      ...
     
      dependencies {
          ...
          compile project(':react-native-apk-installer')
      }

   • Add the following to android/app/src/main/java/**/MainApplication.java:

      ...
      import com.cnull.apkinstaller.ApkInstallerPackage;  // add this for react-native-apk-installer
     
      public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
     
          @Override
          protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
              return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
                  new MainReactPackage(),
                  ...
                  new ApkInstallerPackage()     // add this for react-native-apk-installer
              );
          }
      }

3. Simply import ApkInstaller from 'react-native-apk-installer' (You might also need to install react-native-fs package).

    import RNFS from 'react-native-fs';
    import ApkInstaller from 'react-native-apk-installer'
   
     try {
         var filePath = RNFS.CachesDirectoryPath + '/com.example.app.apk';
         var download = RNFS.downloadFile({
           fromUrl: 'http://example.com/com.example.app.apk',
           toFile: filePath,
           progress: res => {
               console.log((res.bytesWritten / res.contentLength).toFixed(2));
           },
           progressDivider: 1
         });
   
         download.promise.then(result => {
           if(result.statusCode == 200) {
             console.log(filePath);
             ApkInstaller.install(filePath);
           }
         });
     }
     catch(error) {
         console.warn(error);
     }