ember-cli-new-version

A convention-based version update notifier. Use it to notify users already on the page that a new version has been deployed.

Compatibility

• Ember.js v3.20 or above
• Ember CLI v3.20 or above
• Node.js v12 or above

Usage

1. Add this add-on as you would any other:

> ember install ember-cli-new-version

2. Add a version file to your app, eg: ./public/VERSION.txt

1.0.0

3. Include the component in your view:

<NewVersionNotifier/>

voila!

Configuration

To setup, you should first configure the service through config/environment:

module.exports = function (environment) {
  var ENV = {
    newVersion: {
      currentVersion: null,
      versionFileName: 'VERSION.txt',
      updateInterval: 60000,
      firstCheckInterval: 0,
      enableInTests: false,
      enableInDev: false,
      maxCountInTesting: 10,    
    },
  };
};

---

• currentVersion - The current version of the app if not using [Automatic VERSION file creation][#Automatic VERSION file creation] default: null
• versionFileName - the name of the file on the server to check default: /VERSION.txt
• updateInterval - the amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait between version checks default: 60000
• firstCheckInterval - the amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait before the first version check is run after booting the application default: 0
• enableInTests - Should the version checking run in test environments? default: false
• enableInDev - Should the version checking run in the dev environments? default: false
• maxCountInTesting - How many times to check for a new version in tests. default: 10

Automatic Version File Creation

If no VERSION.txt file exists it will be automatically generated during the build process with the value of currentVersion or the version from package.json.

Supports ember-cli-app-version

Since version 4.0.0 this addons will use the version string provided by ember-cli-app-version if no currentVersion is configured.

All you have to do is install ember-cli-app-version.

Then an update is triggered based on full version strings with build metadata such as 1.0.0-beta-2-e1dffe1.

Notifier Configuration and Interface

---

• updateMessage - the message to show to users when update has been detected. There are two tokens allowed in this string: {newVersion} and {oldVersion} which will replaced with their respective values. eg. (and default). "This application has been updated from version {oldVersion} to {newVersion}. Please save any work, then refresh browser to see changes."
• showReload - true shows a reload button the user can click to refresh. false hides the button. default: true
• reloadButtonText - Sets the text for the default reload button. default: "Reload"

<NewVersionNotifier
  @updateMessage="A new version was released: {newVersion}"
  @showReload={{true}}
/>

Custom Notification

By default the notification is styled as a Bootstrap Alert. If you want custom layouts or to use a different framework, then you can define your own markup for the notification.

<NewVersionNotifier as |version lastVersion reload close|>
  <div class="custom-notification">
    Reload to update to the new version ({{version}}) of this application
    <button type="button" {{on "click" reload}}>Reload</button>
    <button type="button" {{on "click" close}}>Close</button>
  </div>
</NewVersionNotifier>

Contributing

See the Contributing guide for details.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.