Add Minimal AutoUpdater functionality 🤖

Author: deadcoder0904

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "wip-desktop",
+  "name": "WIP Desktop",
   "description": "Desktop Application for WIP Chat",
   "author": {
     "email": "akshaykadam0904@gmail.com",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/deadcoder0904/wip-desktop.git"
   },
   "homepage": "https://akshaykadam.me/apps/wip-desktop",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "electron-webpack dev",

src/main/autoUpdater.js

@@ -1,42 +1,11 @@
-// import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
-// import log from "electron-log";
-
-// export const electronUpdater = win => {
-//   autoUpdater.logger = log;
-//   autoUpdater.logger.transports.file.level = "info";
-//   log.info("App starting...");
-
-//   function sendStatusToWindow(text) {
-//     log.info(text);
-//     win.webContents.send("autoupdater-message", text);
-//   }
-
-//   autoUpdater.on("checking-for-update", () => {
-//     sendStatusToWindow("Checking for update...");
-//   });
-
-//   autoUpdater.on("update-available", info => {
-//     sendStatusToWindow("Update available.");
-//   });
-
-//   autoUpdater.on("update-not-available", info => {
-//     sendStatusToWindow("Update not available.");
-//   });
-
-//   autoUpdater.on("error", err => {
-//     sendStatusToWindow("Error in auto-updater. " + err);
-//   });
-
-//   autoUpdater.on("download-progress", progressObj => {
-//     const log_message = `Download speed: ${
-//       progressObj.bytesPerSecond
-//     } - Downloaded ${progressObj.percent} % ${log_message} ( ${
-//       progressObj.transferred
-//     } / ${progressObj.total} )`;
-//     sendStatusToWindow(log_message);
-//   });
-
-//   autoUpdater.on("update-downloaded", info => {
-//     sendStatusToWindow("Update downloaded");
-//   });
-// };
+import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
+import log from "electron-log";
+
+export class AppUpdater {
+  constructor() {
+    const log = require("electron-log");
+    log.transports.file.level = "info";
+    autoUpdater.logger = log;
+    autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
+  }
+}

src/main/index.js

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, shell } from "electron";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { format as formatUrl } from "url";
 import { answerRenderer, callRenderer } from "electron-better-ipc";
-import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
 const isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
 
 import { createMenu } from "./menu";
 import { createMainWindow } from "./createWindow";
-// import { electronUpdater } from "./autoUpdater";
+import { AppUpdater } from "./autoUpdater";
 
 // global reference to mainWindow (necessary to prevent window from being garbage collected)
 let mainWindow;
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ app.on("activate", () => {
 app.on("ready", () => {
   mainWindow = createMainWindow(mainWindow);
   createMenu();
-  // electronUpdater(mainWindow);
-  autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
+  new AppUpdater();
 });
 
 answerRenderer("app-quit", () => {