Auto-update functionality

[dbkaplun]

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[zz85]

Are you referring to the visualizations auto updating, or are you referring to have the app auto update itself when there are updates?

[dbkaplun]

I meant having the app auto-update itself when there are updates. Is that feasible?

[zz85]

Yes, that is possible but I'll need to look into how I can do it. From what it seems, it might require bundling it into the installer.

[dbkaplun]

I found this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-updater

[zz85]

Thanks for the link, I'll give it a try!

[zz85]

For now I'm quite happy with automatic releases with electron-packager (with the exception of tweaking Mac builds), but I would probably want to look into https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder the next round..

[zz85]

Electron now have an official service for self updating apps https://electronjs.org/blog/autoupdating-electron-apps