Fixed auto-updating

src/electron/ipc/UpdateHandler.ipc.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export interface UpdateProgress {
   total: number
 }
 
+let updateAvailable = false
+
 /**
  * Checks for updates when the program is launched.
  */
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ class UpdateChecker {
     autoUpdater.autoDownload = false
     autoUpdater.logger = null
     this.registerUpdaterListeners()
+  }
+
+  checkForUpdates() {
     autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
   }
 
@@ -28,13 +33,30 @@ class UpdateChecker {
     })
 
     autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info: UpdateInfo) => {
+      updateAvailable = true
       console.log('update available callback', info)
       emitIPCEvent('update-available', info)
     })
   }
 }
 
-new UpdateChecker()
+export const updateChecker = new UpdateChecker()
+
+/**
+ * Handles the 'get-update-available' event.
+ */
+class GetUpdateAvailableHandler implements IPCInvokeHandler<'get-update-available'> {
+  event: 'get-update-available' = 'get-update-available'
+
+  /**
+   * @returns `true` if an update is available.
+   */
+  handler() {
+    return updateAvailable
+  }
+}
+
+export const getUpdateAvailableHandler = new GetUpdateAvailableHandler()
 
 /**
  * Handles the 'get-current-version' event.

src/electron/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from 'electron'
+import { updateChecker } from './ipc/UpdateHandler.ipc'
 import * as windowStateKeeper from 'electron-window-state'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as url from 'url'
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ restrictToSingleInstance()
 handleOSXWindowClosed()
 app.on('ready', () => {
   // Load settings from file before the window is created
-  getSettingsHandler.initSettings().then(createBridgeWindow)
+  getSettingsHandler.initSettings().then(() => {
+    createBridgeWindow()
+    if (!isDevBuild) {
+      updateChecker.checkForUpdates()
+    }
+  })
 })
 
 /**

src/electron/shared/IPCHandler.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { downloadHandler } from '../ipc/download/DownloadHandler'
 import { Settings } from './Settings'
 import { batchSongDetailsHandler } from '../ipc/browse/BatchSongDetailsHandler.ipc'
 import { getSettingsHandler, setSettingsHandler } from '../ipc/SettingsHandler.ipc'
-import { UpdateProgress, getCurrentVersionHandler, downloadUpdateHandler, quitAndInstallHandler } from '../ipc/UpdateHandler.ipc'
+import { UpdateProgress, getCurrentVersionHandler, downloadUpdateHandler, quitAndInstallHandler, getUpdateAvailableHandler } from '../ipc/UpdateHandler.ipc'
 import { UpdateInfo } from 'electron-updater'
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export function getIPCInvokeHandlers(): IPCInvokeHandler<keyof IPCInvokeEvents>[
     songDetailsHandler,
     batchSongDetailsHandler,
     albumArtHandler,
-    getCurrentVersionHandler
+    getCurrentVersionHandler,
+    getUpdateAvailableHandler
   ]
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ export type IPCInvokeEvents = {
     input: undefined
     output: string
   }
+  'get-update-available': {
+    input: undefined
+    output: boolean
+  }
 }
 
 /**