react-native-versioner

This tool allows you to easily update the version name and code of a React Native application. It will update the following files if found:

• ./package.json
• ./android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
• ./android/app/build.gradle
• ./ios/<app_name>/Info.plist

Version number format

In order to use this package, your project version must comply with the format described on semver.org.

Setup and Usage

There are two ways to install react-native-versioner: globally and locally.

Local Installation

This is the recommended way to install react-native-versioner.

npm:

1npm install react-native-versioner --save-dev

yarn:

1yarn add react-native-versioner --dev

You can then use this command in your project directory to run react-native-versioner:

npm:

1$ npm run setVersion <versionName> <versionCode> <androidFolderName (optional, defaults to android)> <iosFolderName (optional, defaults to ios)>
2-- or --
3$ npm run set-version <versionName> <versionCode> <androidFolderName (optional, defaults to android)> <iosFolderName (optional, defaults to ios)>

yarn:

1$ yarn setVersion <versionName> <versionCode> <androidFolderName (optional, defaults to android)> <iosFolderName (optional, defaults to ios)>
2-- or --
3$ yarn set-version <versionName> <versionCode> <androidFolderName (optional, defaults to android)> <iosFolderName (optional, defaults to ios)>

Global Installation

This installation method allows you to use react-native-versioner in any project.

npm:

1npm install -g react-native-versioner

yarn:

1yarn global add react-native-versioner

You can then use this command in your project directory to run react-native-versioner:

1setVersion <versionName> <versionCode> <androidFolderName (optional, defaults to android)> <iosFolderName (optional, defaults to ios)>
2-- or --
3set-version <versionName> <versionCode> <androidFolderName (optional, defaults to android)> <iosFolderName (optional, defaults to ios)>

Behaviour

When invoked, react-native-versioner will make the following changes to your project files:

Update Package Version

The version attribute in package.json will be updated with the specified parameter versionName.

Update Android Project Version

It will update the version name and the version code in both build.gradle and AndroidManifest.xml with the specified parameter versionName. and versionCode.

About AndroidManifest.xml

Version information should not be in the AndroidManifest.xml since this information is overridden by build.gradle.

See https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/versioning for further informations.

For that reason react-native-versioner will only write in the AndroidManifest.xml if android:versionCode and/or android:versionName are already in the file.

Update iOS Project Version

It will update the CFBundleShortVersionString and the CFBundleVersion in Info.plist.

License

This software uses the MIT license.

Contributing

You must use the following style guide:

• Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide

This project contains a linting config, you should setup eslint into your IDE with .eslintrc.js.