Auto-Updater for Electron

dev-app-update.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+owner: josephdadams
+repo: TallyArbiter
+provider: github

main.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // This is the electron startup script
-const { app, BrowserWindow, Tray, Menu } = require('electron');
+const { app, BrowserWindow, Tray, Menu, dialog } = require('electron');
+const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater");
 const path = require("path");
 
 let mainWindow;
@@ -63,13 +64,46 @@ function createTrayIcon() {
  });
 }
 
+function checkForUpdates() {
+ autoUpdater.autoDownload = false;
+ autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false;
+ autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
+ autoUpdater.on("update-available", () => {
+ dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
+ title: "Update Available",
+ message: "There's an update available for TallyArbiter. Do you want to download and install it?",
+ buttons: ["Update", "Cancel"],
+ }).then((v) => {
+ if (v.response == 0) {
+ dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
+ title: "Downloading update",
+ message: "The update is being downloaded in the background. Once finished, you will be prompted to save your work and restart TallyArbiter."
+ });
+ autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+ }
+ });
+ });
+ autoUpdater.on("update-downloaded", () => {
+ dialog.showMessageBox(null, {
+ title: "Update downloaded",
+ message: "The update has been downloaded. Save your work and then press the Update button.",
+ buttons: ["Update"],
+ }).then((r) => {
+ if (r.response == 0) {
+ autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+ }
+ });
+ });
+}
+
 
 if (!gotTheLock) {
  app.quit();
 } else {
  app.whenReady().then(() => {
  createWindow();
  createTrayIcon();
+ checkForUpdates();
  app.on('activate', function () {
  if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow();
  });

package.json

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  "blink1",
  "roland",
  "tricaster",
- "gpio" 
+ "gpio"
  ],
  "license": "MIT",
  "author": "Joseph Adams",
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
  "axios": "^0.21.1",
  "cli-color": "^2.0.0",
  "detect-rpi": "^1.4.0",
+ "electron-updater": "^4.3.9",
  "esm": "^3.2.25",
  "express": "^4.17.1",
  "jquery": "^3.6.0",