CodePush's default settings often cause poor user experiences in production React Native apps — updates either never activate or feel like crashes. Two production-ready patterns are presented: Pattern A uses silent background updates with `ON_NEXT_SUSPEND` and a minimum background duration to apply updates while the app is off-screen. Pattern B adds an in-app user confirmation dialog with release notes and progress tracking. Additional guidance covers adding a custom loading screen to mask the update restart, using `downloadProgressCallback`, handling binary version mismatches, inspecting update metadata with `isFirstRun`/`isPending`, and understanding mandatory update propagation through deployment history.
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Two patterns that work in productionAdding a custom splash/loading screenAdditional fine-tuning optionsOne behavior to note: mandatory update propagationBefore pushing to productionWant to use CodePush for your app?Sort: