react-pwa-toolkit

React-pwa-toolkit

Most common PWA helpers in one toolkit. Powered by Hooks

Don't hesitate to support the project on Github if you like it ❤️ Also, contributors are always welcome!

Overview

The library is made to help to detect what browser your user has and gives you a convenient API to access user behave and most useful device events.

Use cases

First of all, install it and require the library. This is a React Module.

yarn add react-pwa-toolkit

import React from "react";
import Device, { useNetwork, usePwa, useVisibility, useInstallPrompt } from "react-pwa-toolkit";

Browser detection

Use it inside useEffect.

useEffect(() => {
    console.log(Device());
})

It will be something like:

{
  "browser": {
    "name": "Safari",
    "version": "11.0"
  },
  "os": {
    "name": "iOS",
    "version": "11.0"
  },
  "platform": {
    "type": "mobile",
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "model": "iPhone"
  },
  "engine": {
    "name": "WebKit",
    "version": "604.1.38"
  }
}

Network Status

If network is available, isOnline will be true. (default: true)

const isOnline = useNetwork(); // true/false

PWA Status

Check user is using PWA or it is a browser.

const isPwa = usePwa(); // true/false

Visibility Status

You can track user behave when they move between tabs,
So it is helpful to play a music track when the document becomes visible and pauses the music when the document is no longer visible,
Or even lock the app when they leave it.

const isVisible = useVisibility(); // true/false

Add-to-home-screen helper and installation Status

Check user choice on add-to-home-screen prompt with installationStatus.
NOTE: If you set it's initial value as false in useInstallPrompt(false), it will show add-to-home-screen popup as soon as possible. BUT if you want to show a fancy popup to encourage user to install your app set the initial value as true like useInstallPrompt(true) then you have access to show the popup whenever you want.

const [installationStatus, installationEvent] = useInstallPrompt(true);
 
useEffect(() => {
    // installationStatus is one of these states: null/dismissed/accepted/installed
    if(installationStatus === 'accepted') {
        // User accept it. You can save it in some log with device config.
    }
 
    // Show Add-to-home-screen prompt, if user have it's condition.
    if(installationEvent) {
        installationEvent.prompt();
    }
})

License

Licensed as MIT. All rights not explicitly granted in the MIT license are reserved. See the included LICENSE file for more details.