Updater

autoupdater.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const {app, autoUpdater, dialog} = require('electron');
+const version = app.getVersion();
+
+const updaterFeedURL = 'https://paper-updates.herokuapp.com/update/darwin_64/' + version;
+
+function appUpdater() {
+	autoUpdater.setFeedURL(updaterFeedURL);
+
+	autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (event, releaseNotes, releaseName) => {
+		let message = app.getName() + ' ' + releaseName + ' is now available. It will be installed the next time you restart the application.';
+		if (releaseNotes) {
+			const splitNotes = releaseNotes.split(/[^\r]\n/);
+			message += '\n\nRelease notes:\n';
+			splitNotes.forEach(notes => {
+				message += notes + '\n\n';
+			});
+		}
+
+		dialog.showMessageBox({
+			type: 'question',
+			buttons: ['Install and Relaunch', 'Later'],
+			defaultId: 0,
+			message: 'A new version of ' + app.getName() + ' has been downloaded',
+			detail: message
+		}, response => {
+			if (response === 0) {
+				setTimeout(() => autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(), 1);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+	autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
+}
+
+exports = module.exports = {
+	appUpdater
+};

main.js

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ const url = require('url');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const windowStateKeeper = require('electron-window-state');
 const {moveToApplications} = require('electron-lets-move');
+const {appUpdater} = require('./autoupdater');
+
+var isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
 
 let mainWindow;
 win = null;
@@ -40,8 +43,11 @@ function createWindow () {
 }
 
 app.on('ready', () => {
-  moveToApplications();
-	mainWindow = createWindow();
+  mainWindow = createWindow();
+  if (!isDevelopment) {
+    moveToApplications();
+    appUpdater();
+  }
 });
 
 app.on('activate', (event, hasVisibleWindows) => {

menu.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const {appUpdater} = require('./autoupdater');
+
 module.exports = [
   {
     label: 'Paper',
@@ -6,6 +8,12 @@ module.exports = [
         label: 'About Paper',
         selector: 'orderFrontStandardAboutPanel:'
       },
+      {
+        label: 'Check for Update',
+        click() {
+          appUpdater();
+        }
+      },
       { type: 'separator' },
       {
         label: 'Hide Paper',

package.json

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.1.5",
   "main": "./main.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "electron .",
-    "package": "electron-packager . --overwrite --asar --out ./build/ --sign='Developer ID Application:  William Bout (893U4FZAZH)' --icon=./app/img/icon.icns --app-version=$npm_package_version && cd build/Paper-darwin-x64 && zip -ryXq9 ../Paper-osx-${npm_package_version}.zip Paper.app"
+    "start": "NODE_ENV='development' electron .",
+    "package": "electron-packager . --overwrite --asar --out ./build/ --osx-sign --icon=./app/img/icon.icns --app-version=$npm_package_version && cd build/Paper-darwin-x64 && zip -ryXq9 ../Paper-osx-${npm_package_version}.zip Paper.app"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "electron": "^1.4.15",