expo-updates
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Fetches and manages remotely-hosted assets and updates to your app's JS bundle.
The expo-updates module enables your app to manage remote updates to your application code.
This module works with a server that implements the Expo Update protocol.
The EAS Update hosted service implements this protocol.
To build a custom server that implements the protocol, see the example server source code here.
Learn how to install expo-updates in your project in the Installing expo-updates documentation page.
React Native CodePush is a similar package that allows you to push updates to your React Native app over-the-air. It integrates with Microsoft's CodePush service and provides similar functionalities like checking for updates, downloading updates, and applying updates. Compared to expo-updates, it requires additional setup and configuration but offers more control and flexibility.
The rn-update-apk package is used for updating Android apps by downloading and installing APK files. It is more suitable for apps that need to update the entire APK rather than just JavaScript bundles. Unlike expo-updates, it is platform-specific and does not support iOS.
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Fetches and manages remotely-hosted assets and updates to your app's JS bundle.
The npm package expo-updates receives a total of 561,925 weekly downloads. As such, expo-updates popularity was classified as popular.
We found that expo-updates demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 12 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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