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2024

  • in Cloud
  • 5 min read

Capawesome Cloud as an alternative to Appflow

First of all: No, Capawesome Cloud is not a real alternative to Appflow, the platform from the team behind Capacitor and the Ionic Framework. At least not when it comes to native builds and app store publishing. But Capawesome Cloud does offer an alternative to Appflow when it comes to Live Updates for Capacitor and it is exactly this feature that we want to take a closer look at in this post. So let's take a look at both platforms and find out why it might even be worth combining them.

How Live Updates for Capacitor work

One of the biggest advantages of Capacitor over other runtimes is the ability to deliver updates in real-time, without having to resubmit the app to the app stores. This feature is referred to as Live Updates or Over-the-Air (OTA) Updates. There already exist several plugins for this, such as our Capacitor Live Update plugin, which can be integrated into your app within minutes. But how do these plugins work in detail? That's exactly what we'll look at in this blog post.

How to gradually roll out Capacitor Live Updates

Live Updates are a powerful feature that allows you to deliver updates to your Capacitor app in real-time without having to resubmit your app to the app stores. In order to ensure a smooth rollout of updates, it is recommended to gradually roll out updates to your users. This way you can minimize potential issues and collect feedback from a smaller group of users before rolling out the update to all users.

How to restrict Capacitor Live Updates to Native Versions

Live Updates are a powerful feature that allows you to deliver updates to your Capacitor app in real-time without having to resubmit your app to the app stores. However, it is important to make sure that only Binary Compatible Changes are delivered to your users to prevent incompatible updates. In this guide, you will learn how to restrict live updates to specific native versions.

Announcing the Capacitor Live Update Plugin

One of the biggest advantages of Capacitor over other runtimes is the ability to deliver updates in real-time without having to resubmit your app to the app stores, so-called Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. For this reason, we are very excited to introduce you today to our brand new Capacitor Live Update plugin. In this blog post, you will learn everything about the new plugin and how you can implement it in your Capacitor app.