ABReleaseNotesViewController

Since iOS 7, users have been opted in to automatic updates of their apps from the App Store. This is great for ensuring that our users are always on the latest versions of our products, but it means that it can be much more difficult to tell them about what's new and different in our updates. ABReleaseNotesViewController fixes that by displaying your app's release notes from the App Store inside your app on the first launch after an update.

ABReleaseNotesViewController is an easy-to-use, reasonably attractive way to display your application's release notes from the App Store inside your app. This project was inspired by https://github.com/iGriever/TWSReleaseNotesView. I've used TWSReleaseNotesView in the past, and it was great, but it hasn't been updated in a few years.

Quickstart

Create your release notes object in your init method, or in -viewDidLoad:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];

  self.releaseNotes = [ABReleaseNotesViewController releaseNotesControllerWithAppIdentifier:@"329380089" title:NSLocalizedString(@"Release Notes", @"")];
}

After your view appears, begin checking for updates. If an update is available, you may present the view controller immediately, as depicted below:

[self.releaseNotes checkForUpdates:^(BOOL updated) {
  if (updated) {
      [self presentViewController:self.releaseNotes animated:YES completion:nil];
  }
}];

Additionally, you could present an alert or some sort of non-modal user interface to the user informing them that they can read release notes if desired.

System Requirements

iOS 9.0 and above. Should be compatible with tvOS, but I haven't tried it there, yet. Supporting iOS 8 should be relatively straightforward, if you're willing to deal with some Auto Layout annoyances that are rendered trivial by UIStackView.

Issues, Pull Requests, etc.

Issues, bug fixes, and new features are always welcome. Priority will be given to issues that are accompanied by patches, but I will do my best to stay on top of problems with the code.

TODOs

• Cocoapods
• Carthage
• Optional Markdown formatting of release notes

Credits

• Created by Aaron Brethorst.
• Inspired by TWSReleaseNotesView, by Matteo Lallone and Gianluca Divisi.

MIT License

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