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.

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.

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.