check for update on launch, prep for operation balls

src/main/base/browserwindow.ts

@@ -986,15 +986,13 @@ export class BrowserWindow {
 
             const options: any = {
                 provider: 'generic',
-                url: `${base_url}`
+                url: `${base_url}`,
+                allowDowngrade: true,
             }
 
             //  Have to handle the auto updaters seperatly until we can support macOS. electron-builder limitation -q
-
-            const win_autoUpdater = new NsisUpdater(options) //Windows
-            const linux_autoUpdater = new AppImageUpdater(options) //Linux
-            await win_autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
-            await linux_autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
+            if (process.platform === 'win32') await new NsisUpdater(options).checkForUpdatesAndNotify() //Windows
+            if (process.platform === 'linux') await new AppImageUpdater(options).checkForUpdatesAndNotify() //Linux
         });
         ipcMain.on('disable-update', (event) => {
             // Check if using app store builds so people don't get pissy wen button go bonk
@@ -1019,7 +1017,12 @@ export class BrowserWindow {
         })
 
         ipcMain.on('get-version', (_event) => {
-            _event.returnValue = app.getVersion()
+            if (app.isPackaged){
+                _event.returnValue = app.getVersion()
+            } else {
+                _event.returnValue = `Experimental running on Electron ${app.getVersion()}`
+            }
+
         });
         ipcMain.on('open-appdata', (_event) => {
             shell.openPath(app.getPath('userData'));

src/preload/cider-preload.js

@@ -156,3 +156,5 @@ process.once('loaded', () => {
 	console.log("Setting ipcRenderer")
 	global.MusicKitInterop = MusicKitInterop;
 });
+
+ipcRenderer.send('check-for-update')

src/renderer/index.js

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const store = new Vuex.Store({
         }
     }
 })
-
+ipcRenderer.send('check-for-update')
 const app = new Vue({
     el: "#app",
     store: store,