Add release channels (Stable and Beta)

electron/config.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const schema = {
             "emacsMetaKey": { "enum": [null, "alt", "meta"], default: null },
             "showLineNumberGutter": {type: "boolean", default:true},
             "showFoldGutter": {type: "boolean", default:true},
+            "releaseChannel": {enum: [null, "beta"], default: null},
         },
     },
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const defaults = {
         emacsMetaKey: "meta",
         showLineNumberGutter: true,
         showFoldGutter: true,
+        releaseChannel: null,
     },
     theme: "system",
 }

electron/main/auto-update.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater"
 import { app, dialog, ipcMain } from "electron"
+import CONFIG from "../config"
 
 import { 
     UPDATE_AVAILABLE_EVENT, 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     UPDATE_START_DOWNLOAD,
     UPDATE_INSTALL_AND_RESTART,
     UPDATE_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES,
- } from '../constants'
+} from '../constants'
 
 
 // will reference the main window
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ autoUpdater.logger.transports.file.level = "info"
 
 autoUpdater.autoDownload = false
 
+// set channel
+autoUpdater.channel = CONFIG.get("settings.releaseChannel")
+
 autoUpdater.on('error', (error) => {
     window?.webContents.send(UPDATE_ERROR, error == null ? "unknown" : (error.stack || error).toString())
     //dialog.showErrorBox('Error: ', error == null ? "unknown" : (error.stack || error).toString())
@@ -63,12 +67,19 @@ ipcMain.handle(UPDATE_INSTALL_AND_RESTART, () => {
     setImmediate(() => autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(true, true))
 })
 
-ipcMain.handle(UPDATE_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES, () => {
+
+export function checkForUpdates() {
+    const settingsChannel = CONFIG.get("settings.releaseChannel")
+    autoUpdater.channel = (settingsChannel === null ? "latest" : settingsChannel)
     autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
     // for development, the autoUpdater will not work, so we need to trigger the event manually
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
         window?.webContents.send(UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE_EVENT)
     }
+}
+
+ipcMain.handle(UPDATE_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES, () => {
+    checkForUpdates()
 })
 
 export function initializeAutoUpdate(win) {

electron/main/index.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { WINDOW_CLOSE_EVENT, SETTINGS_CHANGE_EVENT } from '../constants';
 import CONFIG from "../config"
 import { onBeforeInputEvent } from "../keymap"
 import { isMac } from '../detect-platform';
-import { initializeAutoUpdate } from './auto-update';
+import { initializeAutoUpdate, checkForUpdates } from './auto-update';
 import { fixElectronCors } from './cors';
 
 
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ const isDev = !!process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL
 let currentKeymap = CONFIG.get("settings.keymap")
 let contentSaved = false
 
+// if this version is a beta version, set the release channel to beta
+const isBetaVersion = app.getVersion().includes("beta")
+if (isBetaVersion) {
+    CONFIG.set("settings.releaseChannel", "beta")
+}
+
 
 async function createWindow() {
     // read any stored window settings from config, or use defaults
@@ -206,6 +212,13 @@ ipcMain.handle('settings:set', (event, settings) =>  {
     if (settings.keymap !== CONFIG.get("settings.keymap")) {
         currentKeymap = settings.keymap
     }
+    const releaseChannelChanged = settings.releaseChannel !== CONFIG.get("settings.releaseChannel")
+
     CONFIG.set("settings", settings)
+
+    if (releaseChannelChanged) {
+        // release channel changed, check for updates
+        checkForUpdates()
+    }
     win?.webContents.send(SETTINGS_CHANGE_EVENT, settings)
 })

package.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   },
   "build": {
     "appId": "com.heynote.app",
+    "generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels": true,
     "directories": {
       "buildResources": "resources"
     }

src/components/settings/Settings.vue

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
                 isMac: window.heynote.platform.isMac,
                 showLineNumberGutter: this.initialSettings.showLineNumberGutter,
                 showFoldGutter: this.initialSettings.showFoldGutter,
+                releaseChannels: [
+                    { name: "Stable", value: null },
+                    { name: "Beta", value: "beta" },
+                ],
+                releaseChannel: this.initialSettings.releaseChannel,
             }
         },
 
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@
                     showFoldGutter: this.showFoldGutter,
                     keymap: this.keymap,
                     emacsMetaKey: this.metaKey,
+                    releaseChannel: this.releaseChannel,
                 })
             }
         }
@@ -91,6 +97,16 @@
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <div class="row">
+                    <div class="entry">
+                        <h2>Release Channel</h2>
+                        <select ref="releaseChannelSelector" v-model="releaseChannel" @change="updateSettings">
+                            <template v-for="rc in releaseChannels" :key="rc.value">
+                                <option :selected="rc.value === releaseChannel" :value="rc.value">{{ rc.name }}</option>
+                            </template>
+                        </select>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
             </div>
             <button 
                 @click="$emit('closeSettings')"