Update Menu labels for auto update

src/main.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { app, Menu } = require('electron')
 const isDev = ('NODE_ENV' in process.env && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'dev')
 
-const { checkForUpdates } = require('./update.js')
+const { checkForUpdates, installUpdate } = require('./update.js')
 
 // This method will be called when Electron has finished
 // initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
@@ -17,8 +17,24 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
  label: 'About CCA',
  click: () => about.init()
  }, {
- label: 'Check for updates...',
- click: checkForUpdates
+ id: 'menuUpdateChecking',
+ label: 'Checking for updates...',
+ enabled: false
+ }, {
+ id: 'menuUpdateNotFound',
+ label: 'Current version is up-to-date',
+ enabled: false,
+ visible: false
+ }, {
+ id: 'menuUpdateFound',
+ label: 'Found updates, downloading...',
+ enabled: false,
+ visible: false
+ }, {
+ id: 'menuUpdateInstall',
+ label: 'Install update',
+ click: installUpdate,
+ visible: false
  }, {
  type: 'separator'
  }, {
@@ -107,6 +123,7 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 
  const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(menuTemplate);
  Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu);
+ checkForUpdates()
 })
 
 // Quit when all windows are closed.

src/update.js

@@ -7,55 +7,50 @@
  * 1. create `updater.js` for the code snippet
  * 2. require `updater.js` for menu implementation, and set `checkForUpdates` callback from `updater` for the click property of `Check Updates...` MenuItem.
  */
-const { dialog } = require('electron')
+const { dialog, Menu } = require('electron')
 const { autoUpdater } = require('electron-updater')
 
-let updater
+let releaseName, releaseNotes
 autoUpdater.autoDownload = false
 
 autoUpdater.on('error', (error) => {
- dialog.showErrorBox('Error: ', error == null ? "unknown" : (error.stack || error).toString())
+ dialog.showErrorBox('Auto Update Error: ', error == null ? "unknown" : (error.stack || error).toString())
 })
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
- dialog.showMessageBox({
- type: 'info',
- title: 'Found Updates',
- message: 'Found updates, do you want update now?',
- buttons: ['Sure', 'No']
- }, (buttonIndex) => {
- if (buttonIndex === 0) {
- autoUpdater.downloadUpdate()
- }
- else {
- updater.enabled = true
- updater = null
- }
- })
+autoUpdater.on('update-available', (ev) => {
+ autoUpdater.downloadUpdate()
+ var menu = Menu.getApplicationMenu();
+ menu.getMenuItemById('menuUpdateChecking').visible = false
+ menu.getMenuItemById('menuUpdateFound').visible = true
 })
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
- dialog.showMessageBox({
- title: 'No Updates',
- message: 'Current version is up-to-date.'
- })
- updater.enabled = true
- updater = null
+autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', (ev) => {
+ var menu = Menu.getApplicationMenu();
+ menu.getMenuItemById('menuUpdateChecking').visible = false
+ menu.getMenuItemById('menuUpdateNotFound').visible = true
+})
+
+autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (ev) => {
+ releaseName = ev.releaseName
+ releaseNotes = ev.releaseNotes
+ var menu = Menu.getApplicationMenu();
+ menu.getMenuItemById('menuUpdateFound').visible = false
+ menu.getMenuItemById('menuUpdateInstall').visible = true
+
 })
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
+function checkForUpdates() {
+ autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
+}
+
+function installUpdate() {
  dialog.showMessageBox({
  title: 'Install Updates',
- message: 'Updates downloaded, application will be quit for update...'
+ message: `${releaseName} downloaded, application will be quit for update...`
  }, () => {
  setImmediate(() => autoUpdater.quitAndInstall())
  })
-})
-
-// export this to MenuItem click callback
-function checkForUpdates (menuItem, focusedWindow, event) {
- updater = menuItem
- updater.enabled = false
- autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
 }
-module.exports.checkForUpdates = checkForUpdates
+
+module.exports.checkForUpdates = checkForUpdates
+module.exports.installUpdate = installUpdate