react-native-check-update 🚀

A lightweight and modern solution for managing "In-App" updates on Android for React Native projects.

This library allows your users to always stay up-to-date with the latest version of your application without leaving the app, providing a seamless and professional update experience via the Google Play API.

Features ✨

• ✅ Lightweight & Simple: No complex configurations.
• ✅ Modern Version Compatible: Supports modern React Native versions and Expo (Prebuild).
• ✅ Update Flows: Supports both "Flexible" and "Immediate" modes.
• ✅ pnpm Ready: Optimized for modern developer workflows.

Installation 📦

pnpm add react-native-check-update

Also compatible with npm and yarn.

Usage 💻

Implementing update checks is straightforward. Here is a recommended example for your root file (_layout.tsx or App.js):

import { useEffect } from "react";
import { checkForUpdate, UpdateFlow } from "react-native-check-update";

export default function RootLayout() {
  useEffect(() => {
    handleUpdates();
  }, []);

  const handleUpdates = async () => {
    try {
      // We attempt a FLEXIBLE update so the user
      // can continue using the app while it downloads
      await checkForUpdate(UpdateFlow.FLEXIBLE);
    } catch (e) {
      // Handle error or simply ignore in development
      console.log("Update check failed", e);
    }
  };

  // ... rest of your component
}

Flow Options

• Flexible (Recommended): Downloads the update in the background. The user can keep using the app.
• Immediate: Forces the user to update the app before they can continue using it.

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The Problem Solved 🛠️

This package was born as a necessary fork due to a critical compilation error in the original react-native-in-app-updates library (and similar ones) when used with modern React Native versions or with the New Architecture enabled.

Fixed Error:

If you have encountered the following failure when building for Android: e: .../InAppUpdatesModule.kt:30:24 Unresolved reference 'currentActivity'

Or a similar error related to ActivityEventListener, this package is the solution. We have corrected the native Kotlin implementation to use getCurrentActivity() properly, ensuring compatibility with the current React Native lifecycle.

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Credits and Reference

This project is a maintained and fixed fork of react-native-in-app-updates. We thank the original author for the codebase.