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You can use the built-in Vite virtual module virtual:pwa-register/react for React which will return useState stateful values (useState<boolean>) for offlineReady and needRefresh.

WARNING

You will need to add workbox-window as a dev dependency to your Vite project.

Type declarations

TIP

If your TypeScript build step or IDE complain about not being able to find modules or type definitions on imports, add the following to the compilerOptions.types array of your tsconfig.json:

json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "types": [
      "vite-plugin-pwa/client"
    ]
  }
}
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "types": [
      "vite-plugin-pwa/client"
    ]
  }
}

Or you can add the following reference in any of your d.ts files (for example, in vite-env.d.ts or global.d.ts):

ts
/// <reference types="vite-plugin-pwa/client" />
/// <reference types="vite-plugin-pwa/client" />
ts
declare module 'virtual:pwa-register/react' {
  // @ts-expect-error ignore when react is not installed
  import type { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react'

  export interface RegisterSWOptions {
    immediate?: boolean
    searchQueryParams?: string | string[][] | URLSearchParams | Record<string, any>
    onNeedRefresh?: () => void
    onOfflineReady?: () => void
    /**
     * Called only if `onRegisteredSW` is not provided.
     *
     * @deprecated Use `onRegisteredSW` instead.
     * @param registration The service worker registration if available.
     */
    onRegistered?: (registration: ServiceWorkerRegistration | undefined) => void
    /**
     * Called once the service worker is registered (requires version `0.12.8+`).
     *
     * @param swScriptUrl The service worker script url.
     * @param registration The service worker registration if available.
     */
    onRegisteredSW?: (swScriptUrl: string, registration: ServiceWorkerRegistration | undefined) => void
    onRegisterError?: (error: any) => void
  }

  export function useRegisterSW(options?: RegisterSWOptions): {
    needRefresh: [boolean, Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>]
    offlineReady: [boolean, Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>]
    updateServiceWorker: (reloadPage?: boolean) => Promise<void>
  }
}
declare module 'virtual:pwa-register/react' {
  // @ts-expect-error ignore when react is not installed
  import type { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react'

  export interface RegisterSWOptions {
    immediate?: boolean
    searchQueryParams?: string | string[][] | URLSearchParams | Record<string, any>
    onNeedRefresh?: () => void
    onOfflineReady?: () => void
    /**
     * Called only if `onRegisteredSW` is not provided.
     *
     * @deprecated Use `onRegisteredSW` instead.
     * @param registration The service worker registration if available.
     */
    onRegistered?: (registration: ServiceWorkerRegistration | undefined) => void
    /**
     * Called once the service worker is registered (requires version `0.12.8+`).
     *
     * @param swScriptUrl The service worker script url.
     * @param registration The service worker registration if available.
     */
    onRegisteredSW?: (swScriptUrl: string, registration: ServiceWorkerRegistration | undefined) => void
    onRegisterError?: (error: any) => void
  }

  export function useRegisterSW(options?: RegisterSWOptions): {
    needRefresh: [boolean, Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>]
    offlineReady: [boolean, Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>]
    updateServiceWorker: (reloadPage?: boolean) => Promise<void>
  }
}

Prompt for update

You can use this ReloadPrompt.tsx component:

ReloadPrompt.tsx
tsx
import React from 'react'
import './ReloadPrompt.css'

import { useRegisterSW } from 'virtual:pwa-register/react'

function ReloadPrompt() {
  const {
    offlineReady: [offlineReady, setOfflineReady],
    needRefresh: [needRefresh, setNeedRefresh],
    updateServiceWorker,
  } = useRegisterSW({
    onRegistered(r) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-template
      console.log('SW Registered: ' + r)
    },
    onRegisterError(error) {
      console.log('SW registration error', error)
    },
  })

  const close = () => {
    setOfflineReady(false)
    setNeedRefresh(false)
  }

  return (
    <div className="ReloadPrompt-container">
      { (offlineReady || needRefresh)
      && (
        <div className="ReloadPrompt-toast">
          <div className="ReloadPrompt-message">
            { offlineReady
              ? <span>App ready to work offline</span>
              : <span>New content available, click on reload button to update.</span>}
          </div>
          { needRefresh && <button className="ReloadPrompt-toast-button" onClick={() => updateServiceWorker(true)}>Reload</button> }
          <button className="ReloadPrompt-toast-button" onClick={() => close()}>Close</button>
        </div>
      )}
    </div>
  )
}

export default ReloadPrompt
import React from 'react'
import './ReloadPrompt.css'

import { useRegisterSW } from 'virtual:pwa-register/react'

function ReloadPrompt() {
  const {
    offlineReady: [offlineReady, setOfflineReady],
    needRefresh: [needRefresh, setNeedRefresh],
    updateServiceWorker,
  } = useRegisterSW({
    onRegistered(r) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-template
      console.log('SW Registered: ' + r)
    },
    onRegisterError(error) {
      console.log('SW registration error', error)
    },
  })

  const close = () => {
    setOfflineReady(false)
    setNeedRefresh(false)
  }

  return (
    <div className="ReloadPrompt-container">
      { (offlineReady || needRefresh)
      && (
        <div className="ReloadPrompt-toast">
          <div className="ReloadPrompt-message">
            { offlineReady
              ? <span>App ready to work offline</span>
              : <span>New content available, click on reload button to update.</span>}
          </div>
          { needRefresh && <button className="ReloadPrompt-toast-button" onClick={() => updateServiceWorker(true)}>Reload</button> }
          <button className="ReloadPrompt-toast-button" onClick={() => close()}>Close</button>
        </div>
      )}
    </div>
  )
}

export default ReloadPrompt

and its corresponding ReloadPrompt.css styles file:

ReloadPrompt.css
css
.ReloadPrompt-container {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
}
.ReloadPrompt-toast {
    position: fixed;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    margin: 16px;
    padding: 12px;
    border: 1px solid #8885;
    border-radius: 4px;
    z-index: 1;
    text-align: left;
    box-shadow: 3px 4px 5px 0 #8885;
    background-color: white;
}
.ReloadPrompt-toast-message {
    margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.ReloadPrompt-toast-button {
    border: 1px solid #8885;
    outline: none;
    margin-right: 5px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    padding: 3px 10px;
}
.ReloadPrompt-container {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
}
.ReloadPrompt-toast {
    position: fixed;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    margin: 16px;
    padding: 12px;
    border: 1px solid #8885;
    border-radius: 4px;
    z-index: 1;
    text-align: left;
    box-shadow: 3px 4px 5px 0 #8885;
    background-color: white;
}
.ReloadPrompt-toast-message {
    margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.ReloadPrompt-toast-button {
    border: 1px solid #8885;
    outline: none;
    margin-right: 5px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    padding: 3px 10px;
}

Periodic SW Updates

As explained in Periodic Service Worker Updates, you can use this code to configure this behavior on your application with the virtual module virtual:pwa-register/react:

ts
import { useRegisterSW } from 'virtual:pwa-register/react'

const intervalMS = 60 * 60 * 1000

const updateServiceWorker = useRegisterSW({
  onRegistered(r) {
    r && setInterval(() => {
      r.update()
    }, intervalMS)
  }
})
import { useRegisterSW } from 'virtual:pwa-register/react'

const intervalMS = 60 * 60 * 1000

const updateServiceWorker = useRegisterSW({
  onRegistered(r) {
    r && setInterval(() => {
      r.update()
    }, intervalMS)
  }
})

The interval must be in milliseconds, in the example above it is configured to check the service worker every hour.

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