# R⤓Updater (SUPPORT Alphabetical Versions) | Shortcuts Library

> Update,Embed,Publish Updates,Check For Updates Without Running Your Shortcuts! (Supports Any Server)

## What this shortcut does

With R⤓Updater you can check for updates with or
Without
running your shortcuts from the & Shareshortcuts and
Custom Server
with one of the fastest shortcut.
Why R⤓Updater?
There are so many shortcut updators out there, so what makes R⤓Updater different than others?
It runs extremely smooth, fast, beautiful, functional, and powerful
R⤓Updater is the only shortcut that supports all of these features in one shortcut:
Features:
Supports multiple languages
Faster
Check For Updates Without Running Your Shortcuts
Embed R⤓Updater In Your shortcut !!
Release Updates To

Supports ShareShortcuts,

and
Custom Server
Updater Engine
All Versions Support!
Supports all codes or dictionaries
And:
Languages:
English
Arabic
Fast:
One of the fastest shortcuts out there for updating shortcuts
Suuports:

Shareshortcuts
And Custom Server
.
Check For Updates Without Running Your Shortcuts
R⤓Updater CFU Feature
How do I update shortcuts without running them?
First:
The first method: you add a dictionary in a place in your shortcut (you do not need any other actions or a special dictionary). You can use the main dictionary, it doesn't matter!
The dictionary should consist of:

To check for the latest updates using, you can reference the text below:
Name
Version
RH ID or ID
As shown in the picture:
ShareShortcuts
To check for the latest updates using ShareShortcuts, you can reference the text below:
Name
Version
SS ID or ShareShortcuts ID
As shown in the picture:
Private Hosting
To check for the latest updates using a privately hosted
JSON
file, you can reference the text below:
Name
Version
Update URL
As shown in the picture:
Second:
Bulk Search is R⤓Updater’s bread and butter, allowing you to check all of your Shortcuts for updates at once. This is achieved by parsing every Shortcut in your library and fetching the data stored in a ”
Comment Action
” at the top or Anywhere. This is the only thing you’ll need to add in order for
R⤓Updater
to fetch the latest updates from.

To check for the latest updates using, you can reference the text below:
Update

Current Version: "VERSION"
 ID: "ID"

Update
ShareShortcuts
To check for the latest updates using ShareShortcuts, you can reference the text below:
ShareShortcutsUpdate

Current Version: "VERSION"
ShareShortcuts ID: "ID"

ShareShortcutsUpdate
Private Hosting
To check for the latest updates using a privately hosted
JSON
file, you can reference the text below:
ServerUpdate

Current Version: "VERSION"
Update URL: "URL"

ServerUpdate
To ensure your privately hosted JSON file is in the correct format, I recommend using THIS Shortcut to create it.
What does mean (supports all Codes)?
This means that you can use all dictionaries whether you are using or ShareShortcuts, such as:
And etc.
There are a lot of codes you can use there is no "condition" and if there is a dictionary that does not support it, report me about it so that I can add or fix it
R⤓Updater Engine
Magic and functionality is possible because of R⤓Updater Engine, this JavaScript Engine allows R⤓Updater to recognize
Updates
from
Rollbacks
, one decimal from multi decimal and numbers from words. Like:
, ShareShortcuts, Anywhere
Do you want to publish your shortcut in another place? Like ShareShortcuts or in your Server? Ok, it’s alright, R⤓Updater supports the 2 most famous Shortcut Sharing Websites and even your server if you want it too!
Version Numbers
Check for updates supports multi-decimal version numbers and Alphabetical Versions.
multi-decimal numbers:
Your version numbers on must match the version in your dictionary. Version numbers are numbers such as
1.5.2
or
2.1
or
.6
, any value with multiple numbers and decimals.
All versions support!
R⤓Updater is one of the few updaters that support all the type of versions, since normal versions like
1.40
to multi decimal
5.9.4
and fully worded versions like
-alpha-
,
-beta-
,
-build-
,
-test-
or
-secret-
, no matter what version you put, R⤓Updater will always show you that you have an Update or a Rollback.
Note: The word must be inside
-
like:
"-HERE-"
Alphabetical or Beta Versions:
Beta Updates
Beta Updates are an optional feature for creators that applies the same simplicity towards beta version of their Shortcuts. This will finally allowing users an easily solution to finding and installing the latest (beta) versions of their favourite Shortcuts. This will work seamlessly.
Build Number
Build Numbers are an optional feature for creators that was designed to work perfectly alongside beta updates. This will allow you to maintain the version number of an upcoming release while still pushing updates to your beta testers. When you’re done with the version you can simply remove the build numbers and R⤓Updater will recognise this is a new update, not a rollback.
Build Numbers
As you can see from the examples below, build numbers are created by adding
”-TEXT-NUMBER”
. You may replace the first part with any text you like or you can use
“alpha”
and
“beta”
which is recommended. The second part is your build number, simply start from 1 and work your way up until you’re ready to release the update to everybody, at which point you will remove all additional data and return the a standard version.
Recommended
10.0-alpha-17
— UPDATE —
10.0-beta-1
10.0-beta-12
— Rollback —
10.0-alpha-12
10.0-beta-1
— UPDATE —
10.0
3.0
— Rollback —
3.0-alpha-12
Custom
10.0-secret-12
— UPDATE —
10.0
10.0-build-24
— ROLLBACK —
10.0-test-18
Updaters with Update Engines are more stable and work better than updaters without update engines or updaters with 0Masking.
Shortcuts without Update Engine or shortcuts with 0Masking cannot distinguish between Update or Rollback !!! Which means that the shortcuts that use the
Engine
are able to know if it is an
Update
or a
Rollback!!
Developer Tools:
Result Codes
Do you want to run specific actions depending on what the user have chosen? When R⤓Updater stops running, it will output some result codes.
R⤓Updater API
You can get the information about an update or know what R⤓Updater version the user is running using R⤓Updater API, there are 2 API's:
Get Info
- Get information about an update if it is available.
Check Version
- Get the version of R⤓Updater that the user is running.
Update Prompt:
Rollback Prompt:
R⤓Updater Badge
Graphics made with
MediaKit

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps

Shortcuts, Files

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