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Very often we want clients, especially mobile applications to update to the latest version. To enable force update feature, we need to keep release versions in our database and compare with the version of the device. This package creates a table to keep releases and provides a service to suggest actions based on version comparison.

Features

• Table structure to keep versions with support for multiple applications and platforms
• Uses semantic versioning format to keep versions
• Provides interface so that you can implement your own force update logic
• Throws custom exception when invalid semantic string is encountered

Default force update logic

• candidate version == max version || candidate version > max version : No action
• candidate version < max version && candidate version > min version : Action: update available
• candidate version < min version : Action: update required / force update
• candidate version == min version : Action: update available

Requirements

• Composer
• Laravel
• naneau/semver

Installation

You can install this package on an existing Laravel project with using composer:

 $ composer require aliirfaan/laravel-simple-force-update

Register the ServiceProvider by editing config/app.php file and adding to providers array:

  aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\SimpleForceUpdateProvider::class,

Note: use the following for Laravel <5.1 versions:

 'aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\SimpleForceUpdateProvider',

Publish files with:

 $ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\SimpleForceUpdateProvider"

or by using only php artisan vendor:publish and select the aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\SimpleForceUpdateProvider from the outputted list.

Apply the migrations:

 $ php artisan migrate

Usage

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\Services\SimpleForceUpdateService;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request, SimpleForceUpdateService $simpleForceUpdateService)
    {
        // get all versions by application. You may have multiple applications/mobile apps
        $appName = 'default';
        $platform = null;

        $result = $simpleForceUpdateService->getVersions($appName, $platform);
        dd($result);

        // get version by application and platform.
        $appName = 'default';
        $platform = 'android';

        $result = $simpleForceUpdateService->getVersions($appName, $platform);
        dd($result);

        // get update action based on a candidate version.
        $candidateVersion = '2.0.9'; // this is normally the version currently installed on the client/device
        $appName = 'default';
        $platform = 'android';

        $result = $simpleForceUpdateService->getApplicationCompatibility($candidateVersion, $appName, $platform);
        dd($result);

    }
}

Implement your own force update logic

To implement your own force update logic, create a class that extends the aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\Contracts\AbstractSimpleForceUpdate class

<?php

namespace App\Services;

use aliirfaan\LaravelSimpleForceUpdate\Contracts\AbstractSimpleForceUpdate;

class CustomForceUpdateService extends AbstractSimpleForceUpdate 
{
    /**
     * You can override this function or create another function
     */
    public function getApplicationCompatibility($candidateVersion, $appName = 'default', $platform = 'android')
    {
        // your logic
    }
}

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2020

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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