react-native-apk-installer

React Native APK Installer

Install an android APK from your react-native project. This project is based on react-native-android-library-boilerplate and react-native-install-apk

Installing ApkInstaller

1. Add react-native-apk-installer to your project

   • Install directly from npm: npm install --save react-native-apk-installer.
   • Or do npm install --save git+https://github.com/null--/react-native-apk-installer.git in your main project.

2. Link the library:

   • Add the following to android/settings.gradle:

     include ':react-native-apk-installer'
     project(':react-native-apk-installer').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../node_modules/react-native-apk-installer/android')
     

   • Add the following to android/app/build.gradle:

     ...
     
     dependencies {
       ...
       compile project(':react-native-apk-installer')
     }
     

   • Add the following to android/app/src/main/java/**/MainApplication.java:

     ...
     import com.cnull.apkinstaller.ApkInstallerPackage;  // add this for react-native-apk-installer
     
     public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
     
       @Override
       protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
           return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
               new MainReactPackage(),
               ...
               new ApkInstallerPackage()     // add this for react-native-apk-installer
           );
       }
     }
     

3. Simply import ApkInstaller from 'react-native-apk-installer' (You might also need to install react-native-fs package).

   import RNFS from 'react-native-fs';
   import ApkInstaller from 'react-native-apk-installer'
   
    try {
        var filePath = RNFS.CachesDirectoryPath + '/com.example.app.apk';
        var download = RNFS.downloadFile({
          fromUrl: 'http://example.com/com.example.app.apk',
          toFile: filePath,
          progress: res => {
              console.log((res.bytesWritten / res.contentLength).toFixed(2));
          },
          progressDivider: 1
        });
   
        download.promise.then(result => {
          if(result.statusCode == 200) {
            console.log(filePath);
            ApkInstaller.install(filePath);
          }
        });
    }
    catch(error) {
        console.warn(error);
    }