Make auto-update configureable

Otherwise everyone that builds electron vector will end up with
their apps auto-updatin to our version when we release an update.

Coming next: A way to manage our electron release process to make
sure we never ship a build with auto-update disabled.
This commit is contained in:
David Baker 2016-11-08 11:07:36 +00:00
parent 0441fcf3df
commit 84aac88677

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@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ const url = require('url');
const VectorMenu = require('./vectormenu');
let vectorConfig = {};
try {
vectorConfig = require('../../vector/config.json');
} catch (e) {
console.log(`file://${__dirname}/../../vector/config.json`, e);
// it would be nice to check the error code here and bail if the config
// is unparseable, but we get MODULE_NOT_FOUND in the case of a missing
// file or invalid json, so node is just very unhelpful.
// Continue with the defaults (ie. an empty config)
}
const PERMITTED_URL_SCHEMES = [
'http:',
'https:',
@ -91,19 +102,10 @@ function pollForUpdates() {
}
}
// handle uncaught errors otherwise it displays
// stack traces in popup dialogs, which is terrible (which
// it will do any time the auto update poke fails, and there's
// no other way to catch this error).
// Assuming we generally run from the console when developing,
// this is far preferable.
process.on('uncaughtException', function (error) {
console.log("Unhandled exception", error);
});
electron.ipcMain.on('install_update', installUpdate);
electron.app.on('ready', () => {
function startAutoUpdate(update_url) {
if (update_url.slice(-1) !== '/') {
update_url = update_url + '/';
}
try {
// For reasons best known to Squirrel, the way it checks for updates
// is completely different between macOS and windows. On macOS, it
@ -111,9 +113,9 @@ electron.app.on('ready', () => {
// 204 No Content. On windows it takes a base path and looks for
// files under that path.
if (process.platform == 'darwin') {
electron.autoUpdater.setFeedURL("https://riot.im/autoupdate/desktop/");
electron.autoUpdater.setFeedURL(update_url);
} else if (process.platform == 'win32') {
electron.autoUpdater.setFeedURL("https://riot.im/download/desktop/win32/");
electron.autoUpdater.setFeedURL(update_url + 'win32/');
} else {
// Squirrel / electron only supports auto-update on these two platforms.
// I'm not even going to try to guess which feed style they'd use if they
@ -133,6 +135,27 @@ electron.app.on('ready', () => {
// will fail if running in debug mode
console.log("Couldn't enable update checking", err);
}
}
// handle uncaught errors otherwise it displays
// stack traces in popup dialogs, which is terrible (which
// it will do any time the auto update poke fails, and there's
// no other way to catch this error).
// Assuming we generally run from the console when developing,
// this is far preferable.
process.on('uncaughtException', function (error) {
console.log("Unhandled exception", error);
});
electron.ipcMain.on('install_update', installUpdate);
electron.app.on('ready', () => {
if (vectorConfig.update_url) {
console.log("Starting auto update with URL: " + vectorConfig.update_url);
startAutoUpdate(vectorConfig.update_url);
} else {
console.log("No update_url is defined: auto update is disabled");
}
mainWindow = new electron.BrowserWindow({
icon: `${__dirname}/../img/riot.ico`,