guzbarraf / react-native-inapp-update

react-native-inapp-update

Here is the all steps to achieve in-app update in React Native

How to use ?

1. Open android folder in your react-native project with Android Studio and add implementation "com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0" and implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.7.3' at the end of dependencies section of the build.gradle(app) file. Like below,

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])

    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules


    .......
    implementation "com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0"
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.7.3' //  at the end
}

Cick sync after adding the dependency.

2. Download InAppUpdateModule.java and InAppUpdatePackage.java files and place in them in the same directory of MainActivity.java(android/app/src/main/java/<package>/)
3. Change the package names in both InAppUpdateModule.java and InAppUpdatePackage.java to your project package name.
4. Now Open MainApplication.java and add our InAppUpdatePackage into getPackages method like below,

         @Override
        protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
          @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
          List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
          // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
          // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());

           packages.add(new InAppUpdatePackage());
          return packages;
        }

5. Download InAppUpdate.js and place it into your react-native project.
6. Import the InAppUpdate.js in any js file, wherever you want to use. And use it like below.

 useEffect(() => {
    InAppUpdate.checkUpdate() // this is how you check for update
  }, []);

7. That's it.

For testing you can use internal app sharing

Here is the full desciption where you can go through and see how it works and how we can test this feature.
    ->https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-updates#internal-app-sharing

    ->https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56087064/how-can-i-test-in-app-updates-in-android