iOs download and starts old version of app after various OTA updates

Expo SDK
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  1. SDK Version: 33.0.0
  2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all): iOS / potentially Android

Hi,

I wanted to share an issue I am facing on a project recently. I am doing OTA updates using expo publish for my app.

After an update if I restart my app twice on my android phone I get the new version.

However people with an iPhone installing a brand new version of the app are still getting the old version. They after have to restart it twice to get the latest. As you can guess it is a very bad user experience and not acceptable.

I tried the following, but so far it seems nothing worked:

in App.json

"updates": {
   "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 30000,
   "enabled": true,
   "checkAutomatically": "ON_LOAD"
}

on my first screen I even added:

async componentDidMount() {
   const update = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync();
   if (update.isAvailable) {
      try {
         await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync()
         Updates.reload()
      } catch (err) {
         console.log(err)
      }

But it seems it doesn’t work either.

I am now upgrading to Sdk35 and will update a new version on the App Store to make sure people get the latest version but I think it was worth it to mention it to understand the root of the issue.

Best and thanks in advance.

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