Seaglass crashes when "Homeserver" UserDefault is set to an invalid URL

[aaronraimist]

• User's shouldn't be able to enter an invalid URL using the interface
• If they do set an invalid URL, Seaglass shouldn't crash

@Peter2121 solved it by changing
let homeserver = URL(string: defaults.string(forKey: "Homeserver") ?? "https://matrix.org")!.host ?? "matrix.org"
to
let homeserver = URL(string: defaults.string(forKey: "Homeserver") ?? "https://matrix.org")?.host ?? "matrix.org"

in LoginViewController.swift

[michaelsmoody]

I suspect this is what I'm experiencing right now. I attempted to change the home server today, due to the matrix.org issue, and when I removed the custom homeserver entry, and restarted Seaglass, it now crashes on startup. Platform is macOS 10.14.3, with install via brew. I'm not sure where the "settings" are stored on macOS to remove them, as reinstalling the application does not fix the crash.

[aaronraimist]

@michaelsmoody A quick fix would be to open Terminal and type in defaults write eu.neilalexander.seaglass "Homeserver" "https://matrix.org". The issue is caused by setting a blank url or an invalid url so just avoid clearing that text field. Even if you just put in https://google.com, it won't be a real server but it shouldn't crash.

[michaelsmoody]

Excellent, that worked perfectly to get me back up and running. (TODO on my side, research the defaults command. I dig into the inner workings, but haven't messed with that command much). Thanks again.