App Update for Meteor

Control Meteor Hotcode push and gracefully notify the user of an update.

Current Version

v1.1.0

App Update uses the Meteor.settings.public.env variable to decide whether or not to intercept app updates.

The package uses the following env strings. production, test, or development

Exmaple settings.json file:

{
  "public": {
    "env": "production",
    "appupdate": {
      "template": "<your template name>"
    }
  }
}

Before initializing you can set any of the following settings (client only):

To initialize the AppUpdate package in the Meteor app, call the preventReload() function from a client side only block.

One suggestion is to create a javascript file in the client directory of your meteor app and add:

Meteor.startup(function() {
  AppUpdate.reload.preventReload()
});

To prevent refreshing in a development environment:

  if(Meteor.isClient) {
    AppUpdate.reload.settings.environments.development = true;
    AppUpdate.reload.preventReload();
  }

To notify the user when a new app update is available, simply add the template to your page:

{{> appUpdatePrompt}}

This will use the template you have defined in the settings.public.appupdate.template field or the default template if it was not set.

This package was forked and updated from the Ars Nebula package of the same name.