[Enhancement] App does not handle expired OTA update gracefully — stale bundle used silently

[RUKAYAT-CODER]

Overview

The app uses Expo OTA updates but does not check if the currently loaded bundle is more than N days old and a newer update is available. Users on very old cached bundles may encounter API incompatibilities that are silently ignored.

Specifications

Features:

• Check for available OTA updates on app foreground using expo-updates
• If an update is available and the current bundle is > 7 days old, prompt the user to update
• If an update is critical (determined by a flag in the update manifest), force the update before allowing app use

Tasks:

• Add update check in App.tsx on foreground
• Create UpdatePromptModal for non-critical updates
• Implement forced update flow for critical updates

Impacted Files:

• App.tsx
• src/components/common/UpdatePromptModal.tsx (new)

Acceptance Criteria

• Stale bundles (> 7 days) prompt the user to update
• Critical updates block app use until applied
• Update check does not block app startup

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