Offline when app starts

[deelo55]

Hi,
If the user is offline when the app starts and then later comes online, am I correct that this will not check the app version once the user goes online?

[joaomantovani]

@deelo55 Yes, you’re correct. With this package, this behavior occurs.

Thank you for pointing it out; I’ll add a handler for this situation.

PS: It’s also possible to use the API directly and create your custom force-update flow.

[joaomantovani]

As a temporary solution, you could handle the offline on your app in two ways:

1. Integrate directly with API and do your flow 100% customized
https://docs.forceupdate.app/#/api-integration

2. Handle the network connection on your app side:

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Platform } from 'react-native';
import NetInfo from '@react-native-community/netinfo';
import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info';
import { ForceUpdate } from 'reactnative-forceupdate';

const App = () => {
  const [isConnected, setIsConnected] = useState<boolean | null>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    const unsubscribe = NetInfo.addEventListener((state) => {
      setIsConnected(state.isConnected);
    });

    return () => unsubscribe();
  }, []);

  const version = DeviceInfo.getVersion();
  const language = 'en';
  const platform = Platform.OS === 'ios' ? 'IOS' : 'ANDROID';
  const apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

  if (isConnected === false) {
    return (
      <View>
        <Text> Your app flow will go here </Text>
      </View>
    );
  }

  return (
    <ForceUpdate
      api_key={apiKey}
      language={language}
      platform={platform}
      version={version}
    >
      <View>
        <Text> Your app flow will go here </Text>
      </View>
    </ForceUpdate>
  );
};

export default App;

I could easily add the handle above on the code, but the component has a premise to be zero dependencies. I'll think a way to implement that behavior on the main package.