Works only with Expo managed react native projects. Checks If there is any update to the playstore/ appstore and specifies the store urls along with some other info besides notifying about the update. This is useful when the native code is updated and a new apk or ipa is submitted to stores, else If you want updates only for js or static files you can go with Expo OTA Updates given with both EAS builds & expo publish or without expo you can explore more on CodePush (https://appcenter.ms).

Methods

• storeUpdateStatus - returns an object of type StoresUpdatesStatus containing info about the update and If should be redirected to playstore/appstore or not along with the links

Types

StoresUpdatesStatus- {
      isUpdateAvailable: boolean,
        storeUrl: string,
        appName: string,
        bundleId: string,
        currentVersion: string,
        storeVersion: string
}

Usage

import { storeUpdateStatus } from 'rn-stores-updates-expo';

storeUpdateStatus().then(updateStatus => {
                if (updateStatus?.isUpdateAvailable) {
                  //do something like showing alert
                  Linking.openURL(updateStatus.storeUrl);
                }
      }