@capawesome/capacitor-app-update

Capacitor plugin that assists with app updates. It supports retrieving app update information on Android and iOS and supports in-app updates on Android.

Installation

npm install @capawesome/capacitor-app-update
npx cap sync

Android Variables

This plugin will use the following project variables (defined in your app’s variables.gradle file):

• $androidPlayAppUpdateVersion version of com.google.android.play:app-update (default: 2.1.0)
• $androidPlayServicesBaseVersion version of com.google.android.gms:play-services-base (default: 18.0.1)

Configuration

No configuration required for this plugin.

Demo

A working example can be found here: robingenz/capacitor-plugin-demo

Usage

import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
import { AppUpdate } from '@capawesome/capacitor-app-update';

const getCurrentAppVersion = async () => {
  const result = await AppUpdate.getAppUpdateInfo();
  if (Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android') {
    return result.currentVersionCode;
  } else {
    return result.currentVersionName;
  }
};

const getAvailableAppVersion = async () => {
  const result = await AppUpdate.getAppUpdateInfo();
  if (Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android') {
    return result.availableVersionCode;
  } else {
    return result.availableVersionName;
  }
};

const openAppStore = async () => {
  await AppUpdate.openAppStore();
};

const performImmediateUpdate = async () => {
  const result = await AppUpdate.getAppUpdateInfo();
  if (result.updateAvailability !== AppUpdateAvailability.UPDATE_AVAILABLE) {
    return;
  }
  if (result.immediateUpdateAllowed) {
    await AppUpdate.performImmediateUpdate();
  }
};

const startFlexibleUpdate = async () => {
  const result = await AppUpdate.getAppUpdateInfo();
  if (result.updateAvailability !== AppUpdateAvailability.UPDATE_AVAILABLE) {
    return;
  }
  if (result.flexibleUpdateAllowed) {
    await AppUpdate.startFlexibleUpdate();
  }
};

const completeFlexibleUpdate = async () => {
  await AppUpdate.completeFlexibleUpdate();
};

API

• getAppUpdateInfo(...)
• openAppStore(...)
• performImmediateUpdate()
• startFlexibleUpdate()
• completeFlexibleUpdate()
• addListener('onFlexibleUpdateStateChange', ...)
• removeAllListeners()
• Interfaces
• Enums

getAppUpdateInfo(...)

getAppUpdateInfo(options?: GetAppUpdateInfoOptions | undefined) => Promise<AppUpdateInfo>

Returns app update informations.

Only available on Android and iOS.

Param	Type
options	GetAppUpdateInfoOptions

Returns: Promise<AppUpdateInfo>

---

openAppStore(...)

openAppStore(options?: OpenAppStoreOptions | undefined) => Promise<void>

Opens the app store entry of the app in the Play Store (Android) or App Store (iOS).

Only available on Android and iOS.

Param	Type
options	OpenAppStoreOptions

---

performImmediateUpdate()

performImmediateUpdate() => Promise<AppUpdateResult>

Performs an immediate in-app update.

Only available on Android.

Returns: Promise<AppUpdateResult>

---

startFlexibleUpdate()

startFlexibleUpdate() => Promise<AppUpdateResult>

Starts a flexible in-app update.

Only available on Android.

Returns: Promise<AppUpdateResult>

---

completeFlexibleUpdate()

completeFlexibleUpdate() => Promise<void>

Completes a flexible in-app update by restarting the app.

Only available on Android.

---

addListener('onFlexibleUpdateStateChange', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'onFlexibleUpdateStateChange', listenerFunc: (state: FlexibleUpdateState) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle>

Adds a flexbile in-app update state change listener.

Only available on Android.

Param	Type
eventName	'onFlexibleUpdateStateChange'
listenerFunc	(state: FlexibleUpdateState) => void

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle>

---

removeAllListeners()

removeAllListeners() => Promise<void>

Remove all listeners for this plugin.

---

Interfaces

AppUpdateInfo

Prop	Type	Description	Since
currentVersionName	string	The current version name of the app. On Android, this is the versionName from the android/app/build.gradle file. On iOS, this is the CFBundleShortVersionString from the Info.plist file. Only available on Android and iOS.	5.1.0
availableVersionName	string	The available version name of the update. On iOS, this is the CFBundleShortVersionString from the Info.plist file. Only available on iOS.	5.1.0
currentVersionCode	string	The current version code of the app. On Android, this is the versionCode from the android/app/build.gradle file. On iOS, this is the CFBundleVersion from the Info.plist file. Only available on Android and iOS.	5.1.0
availableVersionCode	string	The available version code of the update. On Android, this is the versionCode from the android/app/build.gradle file. Only available on Android.	5.1.0
availableVersionReleaseDate	string	Release date of the update in ISO 8601 (UTC) format. Only available on iOS.
updateAvailability	AppUpdateAvailability	The app update availability. Only available on Android and iOS.
updatePriority	number	In-app update priority for this update, as defined by the developer in the Google Play Developer API. Only available on Android.
immediateUpdateAllowed	boolean	true if an immediate update is allowed, otherwise false. Only available on Android.
flexibleUpdateAllowed	boolean	true if a flexible update is allowed, otherwise false. Only available on Android.
clientVersionStalenessDays	number	Number of days since the Google Play Store app on the user's device has learnt about an available update if an update is available or in progress. Only available on Android.
installStatus	FlexibleUpdateInstallStatus	Flexible in-app update install status. Only available on Android.
minimumOsVersion	string	The minimum version of the operating system required for the app to run in iOS. Only available on iOS.

GetAppUpdateInfoOptions

Prop	Type	Description
country	string	The two-letter country code for the store you want to search. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 for a list of ISO Country Codes. Only available on iOS.

OpenAppStoreOptions

Prop	Type	Description
country	string	The two-letter country code for the store you want to search. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 for a list of ISO Country Codes. Only available on iOS.

AppUpdateResult

Prop	Type
code	AppUpdateResultCode

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => Promise<void>

FlexibleUpdateState

Prop	Type	Description
installStatus	FlexibleUpdateInstallStatus	Flexible in-app update install status.
bytesDownloaded	number	Returns the number of bytes downloaded so far. undefined if the install status is other than DOWNLOADING.
totalBytesToDownload	number	Returns the total number of bytes to be downloaded for this update. undefined if the install status is other than DOWNLOADING.

Enums

AppUpdateAvailability

Members	Value
UNKNOWN	0
UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE	1
UPDATE_AVAILABLE	2
UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS	3

FlexibleUpdateInstallStatus

Members	Value
UNKNOWN	0
PENDING	1
DOWNLOADING	2
INSTALLING	3
INSTALLED	4
FAILED	5
CANCELED	6
DOWNLOADED	11

AppUpdateResultCode

Members	Value	Description
OK	0	The user has accepted the update.
CANCELED	1	The user has denied or cancelled the update.
FAILED	2	Some other error prevented either the user from providing consent or the update to proceed.
NOT_AVAILABLE	3	No update available.
NOT_ALLOWED	4	Update type not allowed.
INFO_MISSING	5	App update info missing. You must call getAppUpdateInfo() before requesting an update.

Test with internal app-sharing

The Android Developers documentation describes how to test in-app updates using internal app sharing: https://developer.android.com/guide/playcore/in-app-updates/test

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

See LICENSE.

Credits

This plugin is based on the Capacitor App Update plugin. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the project!