feat: auto update for Linux

src/class/LinuxUpdate.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export class LinuxUpdate {
+    readonly latestReleaseVersion: string
+    readonly latestReleaseURL: string
+    public constructor(version: string, url: string) {
+        this.latestReleaseVersion = version
+        this.latestReleaseURL = url
+    }
+}

src/interface.d.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { LinuxUpdate } from './class/LinuxUpdate'
+
 export interface IVersionsAPI {
     node: () => string
     chrome: () => string
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ export interface IElectronAPI {
     sendLogToFront: (callback) => string
     sendMessageToFrontLog: (callback) => object
     sendDatasToFront: (callback) => object
+    handleNewLinuxVersion: (callback) => LinuxUpdate
     // Front → Main
     getInitialTranslations: () => Promise<object>
     handleSetFolderOuput: () => Promise<string>

src/locales/en/translation.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "3. Launch the measures": "3. Launch the measures",
     "A new version has been downloaded. Restart the application to apply the updates.": "A new version has been downloaded. Restart the application to apply the updates.",
     "A new version of EcoindexApp is available!": "A new version of EcoindexApp is available!",
+    "A new version of the app is avalaible ({{version}}), do you want to download it?": "A new version of the app is avalaible ({{version}}), do you want to download it?",
     "About": "About",
     "Add a course": "Add a course",
     "Add an ExtraHeader item": "Add an ExtraHeader item",

src/locales/fr/translation.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "3. Launch the measures": "3. Lancer la mesure",
     "A new version has been downloaded. Restart the application to apply the updates.": "Une nouvelle version a été téléchargée. Redémarrez l'application pour appliquer les mises à jour.",
     "A new version of EcoindexApp is available!": "Une nouvelle version d'EcoindexApp est disponible !",
+    "A new version of the app is avalaible ({{version}}), do you want to download it?": "Une nouvelle version de l'application ({{version}}) est disponible, voulez-vous la télécharger ?",
     "About": "A propos",
     "Add a course": "Ajouter un parcours",
     "Add an ExtraHeader item": "Ajouter un élément à ExtraHeader",

src/main/main.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import {
     handleSimpleCollect,
 } from './handlers/HandleCollectAll'
 
+import { LinuxUpdate } from '../class/LinuxUpdate'
 import Store from 'electron-store'
-import Updater from './Updater'
 import { channels } from '../shared/constants'
 import { convertVersion } from './utils'
 import fixPath from 'fix-path'
@@ -54,10 +54,15 @@ log.info(
 )
 
 // #region update app
-updateElectronApp({
-    updateInterval: '1 hour',
-    logger: updateLog,
-})
+if (os.platform() !== 'linux') {
+    updateElectronApp({
+        updateInterval: '1 hour',
+        logger: updateLog,
+    })
+} else {
+    // Implement alternative solution.
+    // see below in createMainWindow()
+}
 // This allows TypeScript to pick up the magic constants that's auto-generated by Forge's Webpack
 // plugin that tells the Electron app where to look for the Webpack-bundled app code (depending on
 // whether you're running in development or production).
@@ -254,6 +259,31 @@ const createMainWindow = (): void => {
     i18nInit()
 
     _changeLanguage(store.get(`language`, `en`) as string)
+
+    // Linux Updater
+    const checkLinuxUpdater = async () => {
+        const url =
+            'https://api.github.com/repos/cnumr/EcoindexApp/releases/latest'
+        const tags = await fetch(url).then((_) => _.json())
+        const currentVersion = packageJson.version
+        const lastVersion = tags['tag_name']
+        if (currentVersion !== lastVersion) {
+            const lastVersionURL = tags['html_url']
+            mainLog.debug(`currentVersion`, currentVersion)
+            mainLog.debug(`lastVersion`, lastVersion)
+            mainLog.debug(`lastVersionURL`, lastVersionURL)
+            mainLog.debug(`Update Needed!`)
+            const linuxUpdate = new LinuxUpdate(lastVersion, lastVersionURL)
+            getMainWindow().webContents.send(
+                channels.ALERT_LINUX_UPDATE,
+                linuxUpdate
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (os.platform() === 'linux') {
+        checkLinuxUpdater()
+    }
     // Open the DevTools.
     // mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' })
 }

src/renderer/MainWindow/App.tsx

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { Header } from '../components/Header'
 import { InitErrorAlerts } from '../components/initialization-error-alerts'
 import { Input } from '../ui/input'
 import { JsonPanMesure } from '../components/json-pan'
+import { LinuxUpdate } from '../../class/LinuxUpdate'
 import { MySkeleton } from '../components/my-skeleton'
 import { PopinLoading } from '../components/loading-popin'
 import { ReloadIcon } from '@radix-ui/react-icons'
@@ -359,6 +360,21 @@ function TheApp() {
      * Detect window opening.
      */
     useEffect(() => {
+        /**
+         * Handler (main->front), get LinuxUpdate from main
+         */
+        window.electronAPI.handleNewLinuxVersion((linuxUpdate: LinuxUpdate) => {
+            frontLog.debug(`linuxUpdate`, linuxUpdate)
+            const resp = window.confirm(
+                t(
+                    `A new version of the app is avalaible ({{version}}), do you want to download it?`,
+                    { version: linuxUpdate.latestReleaseVersion }
+                )
+            )
+            if (resp === true) {
+                window.open(linuxUpdate.latestReleaseURL, `_blank`)
+            }
+        })
         /**
          * Handler (main->front), get data from main
          */

src/renderer/MainWindow/preload.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
             channels.CHANGE_LANGUAGE_TO_FRONT,
             (_event, languageCode) => callback(languageCode)
         ),
+    handleNewLinuxVersion: (callback: any) =>
+        ipcRenderer.on(channels.ALERT_LINUX_UPDATE, (_event, linuxUpdate) =>
+            callback(linuxUpdate)
+        ),
 })
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('store', {

src/shared/constants.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const constants: IConstants = {
         CHANGE_LANGUAGE_TO_FRONT: 'change-language-to-front',
         INSTALL_PUPPETEER_BROWSER: 'install-puppeteer-browser',
         SHOW_HIDE_WELCOME_WINDOW: 'show-hide-welcome-window',
+        ALERT_LINUX_UPDATE: 'alert-linux-update',
     },
     scripts: {
         GET_NODE: 'get-node',