Requirements

npm install -g appcenter-cli

npm install --save react-native-code-push

Android Setup

React Native > 0.60

More info at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/distribution/codepush/rn-get-started#android-setup

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Add followings lines to android/settings.gradle

include ':app', ':react-native-code-push'

project(':react-native-code-push').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-code-push/android/app')

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Then, android/app/build.gradle

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apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-code-push/android/codepush.gradle"

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MainApplication.java

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// 1. Import the plugin class.
import com.microsoft.codepush.react.CodePush;
public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
    private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new ReactNativeHost(this) {
        ...
        // 2. Override the getJSBundleFile method in order to let
        // the CodePush runtime determine where to get the JS
        // bundle location from on each app start
        @Override
        protected String getJSBundleFile() {
            return CodePush.getJSBundleFile();
        }
    };
}

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strings.xml

Add your deployment key to strings.xml file

<string moduleConfig="true" name="CodePushDeploymentKey">DeploymentKey</string>

For multi-deployment settings, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/distribution/codepush/rn-deployment#multi-deployment-testing

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Hot Updates

1. Modify a file in the project
2. Push it to AppCenter appcenter codepush release-react -a <owner>/<app> -d <deployment> -t <target-version>
3. Close the running mobile android app and re-launch it. You will see the changes have been installed.

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