Problems with SDK 37 Updates API change

Expo SDK
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I just transitioned to SDK 37 and the Managed Workflow, and I’m having trouble with in-app updates (this is a multi-user app on a tablet that doesn’t get restarted often, so I check for updates when a user logs out).

Previously this worked:

    import { Updates } from 'expo';

    async checkForUpdate() {
        const update = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync();
        if (update.isAvailable) {
            this.updateApp();
        }
    }
    async updateApp() {
        await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync();
        Updates.reloadFromCache();
    }

I rewrote this as:

import * as Updates from 'expo-updates';

    async checkForUpdate() {
        const update = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync();
        if (update.isAvailable) {
            this.updateApp();
        }
    }
    async updateApp() {
        await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync();
        Updates.reloadAsync();
    }

I haven’t gone deep into debugging, but the checkForUpdateAsync() promise never seems to resolve, so my loading animation just stops midstream and needs to be manually aborted.

Thanks.

2

Adb logcat showed me the promise was being rejected with this error message: [Error: The method or property Updates.checkForUpdateAsync is not available on android, are you sure you’ve linked all the native dependencies properly?]

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