switch to electron-is-dev

package.json

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         "arrpc": "github:OpenAsar/arrpc#c62ec6a04c8d870530aa6944257fe745f6c59a24",
         "cross-fetch": "^4.0.0",
         "electron-context-menu": "^4.0.0",
+        "electron-is-dev": "^3.0.1",
         "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
         "v8-compile-cache": "^2.4.0",
         "ws": "^8.17.0"

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ importers:
       electron-context-menu:
         specifier: ^4.0.0
         version: 4.0.0
+      electron-is-dev:
+        specifier: ^3.0.1
+        version: 3.0.1
       extract-zip:
         specifier: ^2.0.1
         version: 2.0.1

src/common/config.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {app, dialog} from "electron";
 import path from "path";
+import isDev from "electron-is-dev";
 import fs from "fs";
 import type {Settings} from "../types/settings.d.js";
 import {getWindowStateLocation} from "./windowState.js";
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ export function checkForDataFolder(): void {
         console.log("Found armcord-data folder. Running in portable mode.");
         app.setPath("userData", dataPath);
     }
-    if (path.join(app.getPath("appData"), "ArmCord")) {
+    if (path.join(app.getPath("appData"), "ArmCord") && !isDev) {
         console.log("Found existing ArmCord folder.");
         app.setPath("userData", path.join(app.getPath("appData"), "ArmCord"));
     }

src/common/version.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import {app} from "electron";
+import isDev from "electron-is-dev";
 
 export function getVersion(): string {
-    if ((app.getVersion() == process.versions.electron) == true) {
-        return "3.3.0";
+    if (isDev) {
+        return "0.0.0";
     }
     return app.getVersion();
 }
 export function getDisplayVersion(): string {
-    if ((app.getVersion() == process.versions.electron) == true) {
+    if (isDev) {
         return "Dev Build";
     }
     return app.getVersion();

src/splash/main.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import {BrowserWindow} from "electron";
+import {BrowserWindow, ipcMain} from "electron";
 import {iconPath} from "../main.js";
 import path from "path";
+import isDev from "electron-is-dev";
 
 export let splashWindow: BrowserWindow;
 export async function createSplashWindow(): Promise<void> {
@@ -19,5 +20,8 @@ export async function createSplashWindow(): Promise<void> {
             preload: path.join(import.meta.dirname, "preload.mjs")
         }
     });
+    ipcMain.on("isDev", (event) => {
+        event.returnValue = isDev;
+    });
     await splashWindow.loadFile(path.join(import.meta.dirname, "splash.html"));
 }

src/splash/preload.mts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("internal", {
     restart: () => ipcRenderer.send("restart"),
     installState: ipcRenderer.sendSync("modInstallState") as string,
     version: ipcRenderer.sendSync("get-app-version", "app-version") as string,
+    isDev: ipcRenderer.sendSync("isDev") as string,
     getLang: (toGet: string) =>
         ipcRenderer.invoke("getLang", toGet).then((result: string) => {
             return result;

src/splash/splash.html

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 window.internal.restart();
             } else {
                 text.innerHTML = await internal.getLang("loading_screen_start");
-                if (window.internal.version === "3.3.0") {
+                if (internal.isDev) {
                     console.log("Running a development build of ArmCord. Skipping updater.");
                 } else {
                     const response = await fetch("https://armcord.app/latest.json");