react-native-code-push 1.4.0-beta

v1.4.0-beta

on Node.js NPM

This release introduces support for updating images via CodePush using the new React Native assets system. It currently only works for iOS, but we're working on Android support. In the meantime, you can still use CodePush and the new assets system on Android, and nothing will break, you just won't be able to add/edit images via CodePush like you can with iOS.

In order to support this change, we needed to rely on v0.15.0 of React Native, so if you're still using v0.14.*, we recommend sticking with v1.3.0 of CodePush. That said, we think the new asset system is awesome, and is way worth upgrading, so we encourage you to do it :)

Additionally, once you are using the assets system, you are no longer simply releasing updates of your JS bundle file, and therefore, you'll need to change your CodePush workflow a little bit. Refer to the docs for all the details here. We promise that it's still simple!

Note: If you aren't using the new React Native assets system, then you can continue to release only your JS bundle to CodePush, and rely on your images to be loaded from the binary. CodePush won't break this workflow in any way.

Breaking Changes (General)

1. As mentioned above, this version of CodePush requires v0.15.0 of React Native. Even if you're not using the assets system or you are but on Android, this release of the CodePush plugin requires you to upgrade your RN dependency.

Breaking Changes (iOS)

1. This upgrade requires an additional setup step for iOS to link the libz library with your app (we use it to unzip updates which contain the JS bundle and images). Refer to step #5 in the iOS installation section of the docs to see how to do this. If you upgrade your plugin and see a bunch of weird errors, this is likely the reason.
2. If your app was already using the new assets system and deployed updates to CodePush that only specified a JS bundle, you need to do another release via the CLI which includes your assets and bundle (details here). When the plugin installs an update that contains only a JS bundle, it assumes you aren't using the React Native assets system, and therefore, won't copy over your existing assets in the binary to the location that the update is written to (and your app layout will be broken). As mentioned above, if you aren't using the new assets system, you can keep releasing just the JS bundle, and your release workflow doesn't need to change.