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Show an "update ready" banner in your Flutter app (OTA updates)

by Overpush dev.to

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When you ship over-the-air (OTA) updates to a Flutter app, the update downloads in the background and runs at the next launch. By default users see nothing, which is usually what you want. But sometimes you do want to tell them, for example: "New update downloaded. Restart the app to apply it." OverPush doesn't draw any UI itself. It sends events, and your app shows them in its own design. Here's…

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