For apps added to the homescreen on iOS, what is the timeline for users receiving app changes? Also, communicating to kill the app or re-add to homescreen seems fine, but is there a better way to force updates?

See here: Updating your app & data Summary of time it takes for changes to be seen in production (ie. in the live app): Changes within app: seconds Manual changes to data in sheet: up to 3 minutes Automatic changes to data (some formulas in Google Sheets, 3rd party integrations): Free apps: not …

this information is very disheartening :stuck_out_tongue:

thanks for this detailed breakdown. layout in 10 minutes is not too bad.

So, I have done some testing and there is one big issue - I want users to install my app! And I think most of us want that! However, layout changes do NOT update on ANY installed apps until they force close and sign into the app again. This is inconsistent with the fact that they DO update within a …

The layout updates right away if you relaunch the app. We wait 10 minutes so that editing your app does not cause it to restart in your users’ hands.

Right, totally understand that but it’s still a big problem because a LOT of people don’t relaunch their apps…like for days. :roll_eyes: That’s why we can’t rely on user behavior to deliver the updates. Does the sign-in session expire and if so at what duration into the session? Can you force a sign…

Why do you want to force a sign-out? Don’t you just want to force an update?

I let you devs solve the problem in the best way possible - you have to forgive me if I use the wrong terms. I want the updates to appear magically without disrupting the user - same as they do when viewing in the browser. I assume you can’t deliver the updates in the installed app without a relaun…

Instant layout updates would be ideal, but what if you consider Instagram for example or any native app store app, there could be users several months and several versions behind on updates and there is nothing those large companies can do other than pre-bake in code to disable the app until the us…

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nathanaelb May 27, 2020, 2:17pm 5

Up to 10 minutes. Others might be able to confirm, in my experience it is most of the time much quicker than that.

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