Manual mode

If you want to manage yourself when update is applied. Use manual mode with Capgo cloud.

Here is what you need to do:

Quick installs

npm install @capgo/capacitor-updater
npx cap sync

Config

Add this to your config, to disable auto-update:

// capacitor.config.json
{
  "appId": "**.***.**",
  "appName": "Name",
  "plugins": {
    "CapacitorUpdater": {
      "autoUpdate": false
    }
  }
}

Then add manage update yourself.
Here is an example on how you can do it:

import { CapacitorUpdater } from '@capgo/capacitor-updater'
import type { BundleInfo } from '@capgo/capacitor-updater'
import { SplashScreen } from '@capacitor/splash-screen'
import { App } from '@capacitor/app'

CapacitorUpdater.notifyAppReady()

let data: BundleInfo | null = null

App.addListener('appStateChange', async (state: any) => {
  console.log('appStateChange', state)
  if (state.isActive) {
    console.log('getLatest')
    // Do the download during user active app time to prevent failed download
    const latest = await CapacitorUpdater.getLatest()
    console.log('latest', latest)
    if (latest.url) {
      data = await CapacitorUpdater.download({
        url: latest.url,
        version: latest.version,
      })
      console.log('download', data)
    }
  }
  if (!state.isActive && data) {
    console.log('set')
    // Do the switch when user leave app or when you want
    SplashScreen.show()
    try {
      await CapacitorUpdater.set({ id: data.id })
    }
    catch (err) {
      console.log(err)
      SplashScreen.hide() // in case the set fail, otherwise the new app will have to hide it
    }
  }
})

Documentation of all Available API in the plugin:

Methods

There are some usecase you can allow users to subscribe to channels and try different version:
https://capgo.app/blog/how-to-send-specific-version-to-users/