Vue

Vue 3

You can use the built-in Vite virtual module virtual:pwa-register/vue for Vue 3 which will return composition api references (ref<boolean>) for offlineReady and needRefresh.

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:

{
  "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):

/// <reference types="vite-plugin-pwa/client" />

From version 0.14.5 you can also use types definition for vue instead of vite-plugin-pwa/client:

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

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):

/// <reference types="vite-plugin-pwa/vue" />

declare module 'virtual:pwa-register/vue' {
  import type { Ref } from 'vue'
  import type { RegisterSWOptions } from 'vite-plugin-pwa/types'

  export type { RegisterSWOptions }

  export function useRegisterSW(options?: RegisterSWOptions): {
    needRefresh: Ref<boolean>
    offlineReady: Ref<boolean>
    updateServiceWorker: (reloadPage?: boolean) => Promise<void>
  }
}

Prompt for update

You can use this ReloadPrompt.vue component:

ReloadPrompt.vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useRegisterSW } from 'virtual:pwa-register/vue'

const {
  offlineReady,
  needRefresh,
  updateServiceWorker,
} = useRegisterSW()

async function close() {
  offlineReady.value = false
  needRefresh.value = false
}
</script>

<template>
  <div
    v-if="offlineReady || needRefresh"
    class="pwa-toast"
    role="alert"
  >
    <div class="message">
      <span v-if="offlineReady">
        App ready to work offline
      </span>
      <span v-else>
        New content available, click on reload button to update.
      </span>
    </div>
    <button v-if="needRefresh" @click="updateServiceWorker()">
      Reload
    </button>
    <button @click="close">
      Close
    </button>
  </div>
</template>

<style>
.pwa-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;
}
.pwa-toast .message {
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.pwa-toast button {
  border: 1px solid #8885;
  outline: none;
  margin-right: 5px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  padding: 3px 10px;
}
</style>

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/vue:

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

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.

WARNING

This only applies when importing any of the virtual modules or using workbox-window module.

Since workbox-window uses a time-based heuristic algorithm to handle service worker updates, if you build your service worker and register it again, if the time between last registration and the new one is less than 1 minute, then, workbox-window will handle the service worker update found event as an external event, and so the behavior could be strange (for example, if using prompt, instead showing the dialog for new content available, the ready to work offline dialog will be shown; if using autoUpdate, the ready to work offline dialog will be shown and shouldn't be shown).

Vue 2

Since this plugin only supports Vue 3, you cannot use the virtual module virtual:pwa-register/vue.

You can copy useRegisterSW.js mixin to your @/mixins/ directory in your application to make it working:

useRegisterSW.js

export default {
  name: 'useRegisterSW',
  data() {
    return {
      updateSW: undefined,
      offlineReady: false,
      needRefresh: false
    }
  },
  async mounted() {
    try {
      const { registerSW } = await import('virtual:pwa-register')
      const vm = this
      this.updateSW = registerSW({
        immediate: true,
        onOfflineReady() {
          vm.offlineReady = true
          vm.onOfflineReadyFn()
        },
        onNeedRefresh() {
          vm.needRefresh = true
          vm.onNeedRefreshFn()
        },
        onRegistered(swRegistration) {
          swRegistration && vm.handleSWManualUpdates(swRegistration)
        },
        onRegisterError(e) {
          vm.handleSWRegisterError(e)
        }
      })
    }
    catch {
      console.log('PWA disabled.')
    }
  },
  methods: {
    async closePromptUpdateSW() {
      this.offlineReady = false
      this.needRefresh = false
    },
    onOfflineReadyFn() {
      console.log('onOfflineReady')
    },
    onNeedRefreshFn() {
      console.log('onNeedRefresh')
    },
    updateServiceWorker() {
      this.updateSW && this.updateSW(true)
    },
    handleSWManualUpdates(swRegistration) {},
    handleSWRegisterError(error) {}
  }
}

Prompt for update

You can use this ReloadPrompt.vue component:

ReloadPrompt.vue

<script>
import useRegisterSW from '@/mixins/useRegisterSW'

export default {
  name: 'ReloadPrompt',
  mixins: [useRegisterSW]
}
</script>

<template>
  <div
    v-if="offlineReady || needRefresh"
    class="pwa-toast"
    role="alert"
  >
    <div class="message">
      <span v-if="offlineReady">
        App ready to work offline
      </span>
      <span v-else>
        New content available, click on reload button to update.
      </span>
    </div>
    <button v-if="needRefresh" @click="updateServiceWorker()">
      Reload
    </button>
    <button @click="close">
      Close
    </button>
  </div>
</template>

<style>
.pwa-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;
}
.pwa-toast .message {
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.pwa-toast button {
  border: 1px solid #8885;
  outline: none;
  margin-right: 5px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  padding: 3px 10px;
}
</style>

Periodic SW Updates

As explained in Periodic Service Worker Updates, you can use this code to configure this behavior on your application with the useRegisterSW.js mixin:

<script>
import useRegisterSW from '@/mixins/useRegisterSW'

const intervalMS = 60 * 60 * 1000

export default {
  name: 'ReloadPrompt',
  mixins: [useRegisterSW],
  methods: {
    handleSWManualUpdates(r) {
      r && setInterval(() => {
        r.update()
      }, intervalMS)
    }
  }
}
</script>

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

WARNING

This only applies when importing any of the virtual modules or using workbox-window module.

Since workbox-window uses a time-based heuristic algorithm to handle service worker updates, if you build your service worker and register it again, if the time between last registration and the new one is less than 1 minute, then, workbox-window will handle the service worker update found event as an external event, and so the behavior could be strange (for example, if using prompt, instead showing the dialog for new content available, the ready to work offline dialog will be shown; if using autoUpdate, the ready to work offline dialog will be shown and shouldn't be shown).