setupAppOverTheAirUpdates.js

const setupAppOverTheAirUpdates = () => {
  const checkForUpdates = async () => {
    if (__DEV__) {
      console.debug('checkForUpdates disabled in DEV');
      return;
    }
    try {
      const update = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync();
      console.debug('checkForUpdates result', update);
      if (update.isAvailable) {
        await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync();
        AlertTranslated(
          { id: 'newVersion.alert.title' },
          { id: 'newVersion.alert.message' },
          [
            {
              text: { id: 'newVersion.alert.cancel' },
              onPress: () => {},
              style: 'cancel',
            },
            {
              text: { id: 'newVersion.alert.update' },
              onPress: () => Updates.reloadFromCache(),
            },
          ],
          { cancelable: true },
        );
      }
    } catch (e) {
      reportError(e);
    }
  };

  // Not very useful to check for updates more than once every 2 minutes
  const checkForUpdatesThrottled = throttle(checkForUpdates, 2 * 60 * 1000);

  checkForUpdatesThrottled(); // Check on app startup
  // We use a state change listener instead of setInterval
  // See https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/12981
  addAppResumeListener(checkForUpdatesThrottled);

  Updates.addListener(event => {
    console.debug('Updates event', event);
    if (event.type === Updates.EventType.DOWNLOAD_STARTED) {
      displayInfoToast({ id: 'newVersion.toast.downloadStarted' });
    } else if (event.type === Updates.EventType.ERROR) {
      reportMessage(`Unable to update app: ${event.message}`);
    }
  });
};