element-web/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js

// @flow

/*
Copyright 2016 Aviral Dasgupta
Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

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*/

import VectorBasePlatform from './VectorBasePlatform';
import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/dispatcher';

const electron = require('electron');
const remote = electron.remote;

electron.remote.autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', onUpdateDownloaded);

function onUpdateDownloaded(ev, releaseNotes, ver, date, updateURL) {
    dis.dispatch({
        action: 'new_version',
        currentVersion: electron.remote.app.getVersion(),
        newVersion: ver,
        releaseNotes: releaseNotes,
    });
}

export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
    setNotificationCount(count: number) {
        super.setNotificationCount(count);
        // this sometimes throws because electron is made of fail:
        // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/7351
        // For now, let's catch the error, but I suspect it may
        // continue to fail and we might just have to accept that
        // electron's remote RPC is a non-starter for now and use IPC
        try {
            remote.app.setBadgeCount(count);
        } catch (e) {
            console.error("Failed to set notification count", e);
        }
    }

    supportsNotifications() : boolean {
        return true;
    }

    maySendNotifications() : boolean {
        return true;
    }

    displayNotification(title: string, msg: string, avatarUrl: string): Notification {
        // Notifications in Electron use the HTML5 notification API
        const notification = new global.Notification(
            title,
            {
                body: msg,
                icon: avatarUrl,
                tag: "vector",
                silent: true, // we play our own sounds
            }
        );

        notification.onclick = function() {
            dis.dispatch({
                action: 'view_room',
                room_id: room.roomId
            });
            global.focus();
        };

        return notification;
    }

    clearNotification(notif: Notification) {
        notif.close();
    }

    pollForUpdate() {
        // In electron we control the update process ourselves, since
        // it needs to run in the main process, so we just run the timer
        // loop in the main electron process instead.
    }

    installUpdate() {
        // IPC to the main process to install the update, since quitAndInstall
        // doesn't fire the before-quit event so the main process needs to know
        // it should exit.
        electron.ipcRenderer.send('install_update');
    }
}