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nrion
nrion

Reputation: 5004

implementing force update with react native apps

I've been googling for a way to force users to update a react native application before allowing them to use it any further. I have not implemented this before and am searching for a way to approach this.

any insight is appreciated, thank you!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 9190

Answers (2)

Francois Nadeau
Francois Nadeau

Reputation: 7463

You can do this with CodePush. More specifically you will need to give the codePush options to install immediately.

codePush({
    checkFrequency: codePush.CheckFrequency.ON_APP_RESUME,
    installMode: codePush.InstallMode.IMMEDIATE
  })

Upvotes: 3

Milad Jafari
Milad Jafari

Reputation: 1155

If you want to force users to update, You can change the main screen to update screen. For example in the main Component (Provider for me), I can do this:

export default class Provider extends Component {
    constructor(){
        super()
    }
    componentDidMount = () => {
        this.checkUpdate()
    }
    checkUpdate = () => {
        // Request last version number from your server
        // And compare with current version.
        // You can save this number in device storage with AsyncStorage
        // At last:
        this.setState({
            checked: true,
            updated: true // Or false
        })
     }
     render() {
         let {checked, updated} = this.state
         if(checked){
             if(updated) return <App />
             else return <PleaseUpdate />
         }
         else return <Loading />
     }
}

Upvotes: 2

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