v0.0.1-alpha.9 - Added option to enable/disable prereleases.

Added option to enable/disable prerelease updates.
Implemented launcher tab on the settings UI, as this is the only current value.
Added semver dependency.

app/assets/css/launcher.css

@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ body, button {
 .settingsTabHeader {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
 .settingsTabHeaderText {
     font-size: 20px;
@@ -1126,9 +1127,6 @@ input:checked + .toggleSwitchSlider:before {
 * * */
 
 /* Add account button styles. */
-#settingsAddAccountContainer {
-    margin-top: 20px;
-}
 #settingsAddAccount {
     background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
     border: 1px solid rgba(126, 126, 126, 0.57);
@@ -1283,7 +1281,7 @@ input:checked + .toggleSwitchSlider:before {
 #settingsGameResolutionContainer {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
-    margin: 20px 0px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
 #settingsGameResolutionContent {
     display: flex;

app/assets/js/configmanager.js

@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
             autoConnect: true,
             launchDetached: true
         },
-        launcher: {}
+        launcher: {
+            allowPrerelease: false
+        }
     },
     commonDirectory: path.join(dataPath, 'common'),
     instanceDirectory: path.join(dataPath, 'instances'),
@@ -507,4 +509,25 @@ exports.getLaunchDetached = function(def = false){
  */
 exports.setLaunchDetached = function(launchDetached){
     config.settings.game.launchDetached = launchDetached
+}
+
+// Launcher Settings
+
+/**
+ * Check if the launcher should download prerelease versions.
+ * 
+ * @param {boolean} def Optional. If true, the default value will be returned.
+ * @returns {boolean} Whether or not the launcher should download prerelease versions.
+ */
+exports.getAllowPrerelease = function(def = false){
+    return !def ? config.settings.launcher.allowPrerelease : DEFAULT_CONFIG.settings.launcher.allowPrerelease
+}
+
+/**
+ * Change the status of Whether or not the launcher should download prerelease versions.
+ * 
+ * @param {boolean} launchDetached Whether or not the launcher should download prerelease versions.
+ */
+exports.setAllowPrerelease = function(allowPrerelease){
+    config.settings.launcher.allowPrerelease = allowPrerelease
 }

app/assets/js/scripts/settings.js

@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ function saveSettingsValues(){
                    sFn(v.value)
                 } else if(v.type === 'checkbox'){
                     sFn(v.checked)
+                    // Special Conditions
+                    const cVal = v.getAttribute('cValue')
+                    if(cVal === 'AllowPrerelease'){
+                        changeAllowPrerelease(v.checked)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

app/assets/js/scripts/uicore.js

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ webFrame.setVisualZoomLevelLimits(1, 1)
 webFrame.setLayoutZoomLevelLimits(0, 0)
 
 // Initialize auto updates in production environments.
-// TODO Make this the case after implementation is done.
 let updateCheckListener
 if(!isDev){
     ipcRenderer.on('autoUpdateNotification', (event, arg, info) => {
@@ -71,6 +70,18 @@ if(!isDev){
     ipcRenderer.send('autoUpdateAction', 'initAutoUpdater')
 }
 
+/**
+ * Send a notification to the main process changing the value of
+ * allowPrerelease. If we are running a prerelease version, then
+ * this will always be set to true, regardless of the current value
+ * of val.
+ * 
+ * @param {boolean} val The new allow prerelease value.
+ */
+function changeAllowPrerelease(val){
+    ipcRenderer.send('autoUpdateAction', 'allowPrereleaseChange', val)
+}
+
 function showUpdateUI(info){
     //TODO Make this message a bit more informative `${info.version}`
     document.getElementById('image_seal_container').setAttribute('update', true)

app/settings.ejs

@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@
                 <span class="settingsTabHeaderText">Launcher Settings</span>
                 <span class="settingsTabHeaderDesc">Options related to the launcher itself.</span>
             </div>
+            <div class="settingsFieldContainer">
+                <div class="settingsFieldLeft">
+                    <span class="settingsFieldTitle">Allow prerelease updates.</span>
+                    <span class="settingsFieldDesc">Prereleases contain the latest features and updates, however they may be buggy.<br>This will always be true if you are using a prerelease version.</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="settingsFieldRight">
+                    <label class="toggleSwitch">
+                        <input type="checkbox" cValue="AllowPrerelease">
+                        <span class="toggleSwitchSlider"></span>
+                    </label>
+                </div>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
     <script src="./assets/js/scripts/settings.js"></script>

index.js

@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
+// Requirements
 const {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain} = require('electron')
-const autoUpdater = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater
-const isDev = require('electron-is-dev')
-const path = require('path')
-const url = require('url')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const ejse = require('ejs-electron')
+const autoUpdater                   = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater
+const ConfigManager                 = require('./app/assets/js/configmanager.js')
+const ejse                          = require('ejs-electron')
+const fs                            = require('fs')
+const isDev                         = require('electron-is-dev')
+const path                          = require('path')
+const semver                        = require('semver')
+const url                           = require('url')
 
 // Setup auto updater.
 function initAutoUpdater(event) {
-    // Defaults to true if application version contains prerelease components (e.g. 0.12.1-alpha.1)
-    // autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = true
+
+    if(ConfigManager.getAllowPrerelease()){
+        autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = true
+    } else {
+        // Defaults to true if application version contains prerelease components (e.g. 0.12.1-alpha.1)
+        // autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = true
+    }
+
     if(isDev){
         autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false
         autoUpdater.updateConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, 'dev-app-update.yml')
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@ function initAutoUpdater(event) {
 }
 
 // Open channel to listen for update actions.
-ipcMain.on('autoUpdateAction', (event, arg) => {
+ipcMain.on('autoUpdateAction', (event, arg, data) => {
     switch(arg){
         case 'initAutoUpdater':
             console.log('Initializing auto updater.')
@@ -42,6 +51,18 @@ ipcMain.on('autoUpdateAction', (event, arg) => {
                     event.sender.send('autoUpdateNotification', 'realerror', err)
                 })
             break
+        case 'allowPrereleaseChange':
+            if(!data){
+                const preRelComp = semver.prerelease(app.getVersion())
+                if(preRelComp != null && preRelComp.length > 0){
+                    autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = true
+                } else {
+                    autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = data
+                }
+            } else {
+                autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = data
+            }
+            break
         case 'installUpdateNow':
             autoUpdater.quitAndInstall()
             break

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "westeroscraftlauncher",
-  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.8",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.9",
   "description": "Custom modded launcher for Westeroscraft",
   "productName": "WesterosCraft Launcher",
   "main": "index.js",
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "request": "^2.87.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "tar-fs": "^1.16.2",
     "uuid": "^3.2.1",
     "winreg": "^1.2.4"