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react-native-app-version-force-update

himal.biznovare65Biznovare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.1.0.2

check for app version update

app-update, react-native, force-update, version

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react-native-app-version-force-update

This project will check that app needs an update or not. It will do calculation based on version of App and will show a popup based on below 3 condition.

  • App needs a force update
  • App needs a update but with remind me later option
  • App is updated

Installation

react-native-device-info

This package has a dependency with react-native-device-info. If your project doesn't have a dependency with this package already, please refer to their installation instructions.

moment

This package has a dependency with moment. If your project doesn't have a dependency with this package already, please refer to their installation instructions.

$ npm install react-native-app-version-force-update --save

Usage

import { checkForVersion } from 'react-native-app-version-force-update';

let options = {
    "current_version": "2",
    "release_note": "Today We have big app update, Please update app.",
    "last_force_update_version": "1",
    "release_date": "2019-12-31",
    "app_url": appUrl,
    "dateFormat":'DD-MM-YYYY',
}
checkForVersion(options);

Options

Options Usage Required Default Values
current_version Current version of App Yes -
release_note Message that you want to show on dialog Yes -
last_force_update_version Last force update version Yes -
release_date Latest release date of App Yes -
app_url Platform specific app url Yes -
style Custom styles for dialog and its components Optional -
dateFormat Format of release date which will diaplay at top Optional DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm:ss
update_btn_name Text for update button Optional Update App
remindMeLater_btn_name Text for remind me later button Optional Remind Me Later
closeBtnCallback callback function for close button Optional -
updateBtnCallback callback function for update button Optional -
remindMeBtnCallback callback function for remind me later button Optional -
How to redesign style ?

We can pass the styles prop to cover default style. See Example below.

import { checkForVersion } from 'react-native-app-version-force-update';

const styleobj = {
  titleText:{
    color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)',
  },
  closeIcon:{
    tintColor:'white'
  }
};
let options = {
    "current_version": "2",
    "release_note": "Today We have big app update, Please update app.",
    "last_force_update_version": "1",
    "release_date": "2019-12-31",
    "app_url": Platform.OS === 'ios' ? iosUrl : androidUrl,
    "dateFormat":'DD-MM-YYYY',
    "style":styleobj,
}

checkForVersion(options);
Options for override style
Style Usage
modalContainer Main container style
mainContainer Content of dialog style
headerContainer Header container style
titleContainer Title container style inside header
titleText Title text style
descText Description text style
btnContainer close button container style
closeIcon close icon style
linkContainer bottom button container style
updateBt update button style
linkBtnUpdate update button text style
linkBtnRemindMeLater remind me button text style

Example check version popup