cordova-updater
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OTA update for cordova apps
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cordova-updater
Update cordova app withtout store review.
WIP => This module is not ready yet.
Only the documentation is ready. Not the code.
You have 3 ways possible :
- use capgo.app a full featured auto update system in 5 min Setup, to manage version, update, revert and see stats.
- use your own server update with auto update system
- use manual methods to zip, upload, download, from JS to do it when you want.
Community
Join the discord to get help.
Documentation
I maintain a more user friendly documentation.
install plugin
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-cocoapod-support
cordova plugin add cordova-updater
Auto update setup
Create account in capgo.app and get your API key
- Download the CLI
npm i -g capgo
- Add app from CLI
capgo add -a API_KEY
- Upload app
capgo upload -a API_KEY
- Upload app
capgo set -a API_KEY -s public
- Edit your
capacitor.config.json
like below, setautoUpdateUrl
with the url printed in the previous step.
// capacitor.config.json
{
"appId": "**.***.**",
"appName": "Name",
"plugins": {
"CapacitorUpdater": {
"autoUpdateUrl": "https://capgo.app/api/latest?appid=**.****.***&channel=dev"
}
}
}
- Add to your main code
import { CordovaUpdater } from 'cordova-updater'
CordovaUpdater.notifyAppReady()
// To let auto update know you app boot well.
- Do
npm run build && npx cordova prepare
to copy the build to cordova. - Run the app and see app auto update after each backgrounding.
- If update fail it will roolback to previous version.
See more there in the Auto update documentation.
Manual setup
Zip your builded app code and upload it somewhere.
Add in your main code
import { CordovaUpdater } from 'cordova-updater'
let version = ""
document.addEventListener("pause", async () => {
await CapacitorUpdater.set(version)
console.log("Version set")
}), false);
document.addEventListener("resume", async () => {
version = await CapacitorUpdater.download({
url: 'https://github.com/Forgr-ee/Mimesis/releases/download/0.0.1/dist.zip',
})
}), false);
// or do it when click on button
const updateNow = async () => {
const version = await CapacitorUpdater.download({
url: 'https://github.com/Forgr-ee/Mimesis/releases/download/0.0.1/dist.zip',
})
// show the splashscreen to let the update happen
SplashScreen.show()
await CapacitorUpdater.set(version)
SplashScreen.hide() // in case the set fail, otherwise the new app will have to hide it
}
Be extra carufull for your update if you send a broken update, the app will crash until the user reinstalls it.
You can list the version and manage it with the command below.
Packaging dist.zip
Whatever you choose to name the file you download from your release/update server URL, the zip file should contain the full contents of your production Capacitor build output folder, usually {project directory}/dist/
or {project directory}/www/
. This is where index.html
will be located, and it should also contain all bundled JavaScript, CSS, and web resources necessary for your app to run.
Do not password encrypt this file, or it will fail to unpack.
API
download(...)
set(...)
delete(...)
list()
reset(...)
current()
reload()
versionName()
notifyAppReady()
delayUpdate()
cancelDelay()
download(...)
download(options: { url: string; }) => Promise<{ version: string; }>
Download a new version from the provided URL, it should be a zip file, with files inside or with a unique folder inside with all your files
| Param | Type |
| ------------- | ----------------------------- |
| options
| { url: string; } |
Returns: Promise<{ version: string; }>
set(...)
set(options: { version: string; versionName?: string; }) => Promise<void>
Set version as current version, set will return an error if there are is no index.html file inside the version folder. versionName
is optional and it's a custom value that will be saved for you
| Param | Type |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| options
| { version: string; versionName?: string; } |
delete(...)
delete(options: { version: string; }) => Promise<void>
Delete version in storage
| Param | Type |
| ------------- | --------------------------------- |
| options
| { version: string; } |
list()
list() => Promise<{ versions: string[]; }>
Get all available versions
Returns: Promise<{ versions: string[]; }>
reset(...)
reset(options: { toAutoUpdate?: boolean; }) => Promise<void>
Set the builtin
version (the one sent to Apple store / Google play store ) as current version
| Param | Type |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| options
| { toAutoUpdate?: boolean; } |
current()
current() => Promise<{ current: string; }>
Get the current version, if none are set it returns builtin
Returns: Promise<{ current: string; }>
reload()
reload() => Promise<void>
Reload the view
versionName()
versionName() => Promise<{ versionName: string; }>
Get the version name, if it was set during the set phase
Returns: Promise<{ versionName: string; }>
notifyAppReady()
notifyAppReady() => Promise<void>
Notify native plugin that the update is working, only in auto-update
delayUpdate()
delayUpdate() => Promise<void>
Skip updates in the next time the app goes into the background, only in auto-update
cancelDelay()
cancelDelay() => Promise<void>
allow update in the next time the app goes into the background, only in auto-update
Listen to download events
import { CapacitorUpdater } from 'capacitor-updater';
CapacitorUpdater.addListener('download', (info: any) => {
console.log('download was fired', info.percent);
});
On iOS, Apple don't allow you to show a message when the app is updated, so you can't show a progress bar.