Does react-native AsyncStorage persist between playstore updates?

Question

I can't find anything about this.

I need a way to persist data between app updates on the play store and I'm not sure if the AsyncStorage does the job. I assume it does, since on every build I perform, the data is there.

But I'm not sure about different versioning in the store. If it doesn't, how could I handle this?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Yes, the AsyncStorage keeps the data between updates like if you had had a database. For Android, AsyncStorage data is stored in a database that is linked to your package id and doesn't get deleted unless the app is uninstalled. AsyncStorage should be enough for you. From RN docs:

On iOS, AsyncStorage is backed by native code that stores small values in a serialized dictionary and larger values in separate files. On Android, AsyncStorage will use either RocksDB or SQLite based on what is available.