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Automatic app updater #9

Open Scarvy opened 3 hours ago

Scarvy commented 3 hours ago

Update the application automatically when a new version is pushed to GitHub.

Need to review documentation here on the best approach.

Scarvy commented 3 hours ago

The simplest way seems to be using the update.electronjs.org since the app meets the following criteria:

[x] App runs on macOS or Windows
[x] App has a public GitHub repository
[x] Builds are published to GitHub Releases
[x] Builds are code-signed (macOS only)

Scarvy commented 3 hours ago

I just need to install:

npm install update-electron-app

and invoke the updater in the main process file:

require('update-electron-app')()

The electron docs say:

By default, this module will check for updates at app startup, then every ten minutes. When an update is found, it will automatically be downloaded in the background. When the download completes, a dialog is displayed allowing the user to restart the app.