Not able to perform consistent sync of Sketch Library File

Hey there,

to be honest, I’m blown away how easily this turns my html into sketch symbols. Big props for that.

Let me explain what I’m struggling with:

1. I turn a html file into the asketch.json file
2. I trigger the sketch plugin and select both files
3. I save that file
4. I link the saved filed in the preferences as a library
5. I create a new file and use the symbols from the library
6. I update the html and perform step 1-3

I’d expect to have this in my sketch but it does not appear. I’m able to use the updated symbols from the library but already used symbols are not updated.

Do you know this issue or how to fix it?

thanks for the awesome work ❤️

[macintoshhelper]

Hi, I’ve opened a PR in html-sketchapp to allow customising do_objectID for library sync. I found that symbol and text object IDs have to stay consistent for library updates.

/cc @kdzwinel

[mathieudutour]

@mnikkane the reason why Sketch is not showing the “update library” is because the changeIdentifier is always set to 0: https://github.com/brainly/html-sketchapp/blob/master/html2asketch/model/symbolMaster.js#L107. I’d recommend setting a integer generated from the Date instead.

That’s what we do in react-sketchapp:

// Keep track on previous numbers that are generated
let previousNumber = 1;

// Will always produce a unique Number (Int) based on of the current date
function generateIdNumber() {
  let date = Date.now();

  if (date <= previousNumber) {
    previousNumber += 1;
    date = previousNumber;
  } else {
    previousNumber = date;
  }

  return date;
}