Ionic Deploy Plugin (legacy)

📝 Note: This Cordova plugin is not for Ionic Pro.

Check out our docs for more detailed information.

Installation

See our docs for installation steps.

Cordova Plugin API

IonicDeploy

• this Cordova plugin defines a new global IonicDeploy object

• this object exposes the following methods

init (appId: String, serverUrl: String)

• appId: String
• serverUrl: String

Example:

IonicDeploy.init('org.cordova.helloworld', 'https://helloworld.org/deploy')

check (appId, channelTag, onSuccess, onError)

• appId: String
• channelTag: String
• onSuccess: CheckHandler
• onError: ErrorHandler

Contact the remote IonicDeploy service (as configured during IonicDeploy.init(...)) and passes the result along to IonicDeploy.init(...).

CheckHandler (result)

• result: String

• if result is the string "true", then a new update is available

ErrorHandler (error)

parseUpdate (appId, response, onSuccess, onError)

• appId: String
• response: UpdateResponse
• onSuccess: CheckHandler
• onError: ErrorHandler

Determine whether an update is available, by checking the provided response data. Store metadata from available updates for future calls to IonicDeploy.download(...).

This function is useful for testing, and also for using a custom remote update service. For all other use cases, you should just use IonicDeploy.check(...).

UpdateResponse

interface UpdateResponse {
  data: {
    available: Boolean,
    compatible: Boolean,
    snapshot: String, // (unique per update, e.g. UUID)
    url: String // (URL to download)
  }
}

download (appId, onSuccess, onError)

• appId: String
• onSuccess: DownloadHandler
• onError: ErrorHandler

Using the metadata from a recent IonicDeploy.check(...) (or IonicDeploy.parseUpdate(...)), download and store an available update ZIP file.

DownloadHandler (result)

• result: String or Number

If result is a numeric value, it communicates progress. If result is the string "true", it communicates completion.

extract (appId, onSuccess, onError)

• appId: String
• onSuccess: ExtractHandler
• onError: ErrorHandler

Unpack and apply the update ZIP file from a recent IonicDeploy.download(...). After the app is terminated / destroyed by the operating system, the update will take effect.

The contents of the ZIP file should be the contents of the platform-specific "www" directory from a Cordova project. This directory is regenerated during cordova build.

ExtractHandler (result)

• result: String or Number

If result is a numeric value, it communicates progress. If result is the string "done", it communicates completion.

redirect (appId)

• appId: String

Navigate the webview to the version provided by a recent IonicDeploy.extract(...). This is useful for use cases where it is undesirable to wait for the operating system to terminate / destroy the app.

Any unsaved user data / state will be lost, so design your UX and/or data persistence approach accordingly.