cross-version

Cross version setter for platforms like ionic-capacitor.

Description

In cross platform app development it is sometimes hassle to set versions in targetting platform, like in case of Ionic Capacitor project it is Android or iOS. Many web developers who come from web background often find it hard to locate the required file or property to update native app's version. This package addresses to solve that with very simple and intuitive commands.

Installation

Prefer global installation if you want to run commands directly.

npm install -g cross-version

or locally install:

npm install cross-version

Or use npx.

npx cross-version --versionCode 234

Usage

Make sure you run command in ionic root project.

Full command (global install):

cross-version --versionCode 234 --versionName 2.3.4 --bundleVersion 2244 --shortVersion 22.64.5

Where:

versionCode: is for Android's version code, this is integer type (kind of build number).

versionName: is for Android's version name, visible to users, this is string type.

shortVersion: is for iOS's version, this is the version that user sees, its a string value.

bundleVersion: is for iOS's build number, it is string.

You can run any argument in any combination, in any sequence, arguments which are provided are used others are ignored.

For e.g.

cross-version --versionCode 234 --versionName 2.3.4 // only sets android versions

and

cross-version --bundleVersion 2244 --shortVersion 22.64.5 // only sets iOS versions

or even:

cross-version --shortVersion 22.64.5 --versionName 2.3.4 // only set user visible versions for Android and iOS

All arguments are optional, but case sensitive.

New in v3.0.0

• Optional iOS and Android config in package.json, now you can set any one of them and it will work. Refer to package.json

{

...

  "ios": {
    "bundleVersion": 2233,
    "shortVersion": "2.2.44"
  }

...
}

This would give error previously because of missing Android config but now it is supported.

• iOS versioning is moved to project config (.pbxproj) file to avoid editing Info.plist directly. This is same file which gets updated when we change version from Xcode GUI.

Auto version bump

Now you can bump versions automatically:

cross-version --bumpMajorVersion  // bumps both ios and android's major versions
// OR
cross-version --bumpAndroidMinorVersion  // bumps only android minor version

Details: | Flag | Description | | --- | --- | | bumpMajorVersion | Bumps major versions in both ios and android | | bumpMinorVersion | Bumps minor versions in both ios and android | | bumpPatchVersion | Bumps patch versions in both ios and android | | bumpAndroidMajorVersion | Bumps major version in android only | | bumpAndroidMinorVersion | Bumps minor version in android only | | bumpAndroidPatchVersion | Bumps patch version in android only | | bumpIosMajorVersion | Bumps major version in ios only | | bumpIosMinorVersion | Bumps minor version in ios only | | bumpIosPatchVersion | Bumps patch version in ios only |

Along with that, this will also update bundle version (or current project version) in iOS and versionCode in android based on semVersion.

Caveats: Minor and Patch version should not exceed more than 2 digits.

New in v2.0.0

• Fixed: Bug in Android version setting
• Added: Support for react-native projects. (No difference in usage, same as above)
• Added: Support for reading versions from package.json

Start by adding version information in package.json in following format

{

...

  "android": {
    "vesionCode": 2233,
    "versionName": "2.2.44"
  },
  "ios": {
    "bundleVersion": 2233,
    "shortVersion": "2.2.44"
  }

...
}

Then run (in case of global install):

cross-version --auto  // picks version data from package.json

or (in case of local install):

npx cross-version --auto  // picks version data from package.json

Convenient

Currently, the package targets ionic-capacitor, so you don't need to worry about where iOS and Android build files are. Just make sure you already have android and ios folders created in your directory where you run the command.