Requires MacOS support about electron-delta

[arunavo4]

Hi @sandeep1995 How far is the MacOS support. and how can I help

[sandeep1995]

I am working on writing docs for macos. I am able to do this.

[arunavo4]

Hey all, MacOS support is done. But I am not getting time to update all readme.

Let me know if you need help writing the readme for macos. @sandeep1995

[buptsb]

Any updates on OS X?

[rizwan92]

any update for OSX ? and please recommend any electron update server compatible with electron-delta for the private repository

electron in build solution for private repository consumes a lot of time to download the next release

[arunavo4]

@rizwan92 I have got Electron autoupdate to work with fractional downloading like electron delta. and we also got it to work with a private repo, but whats best is I would suggest using a seperate public repo to just do release files.

[rizwan92]

1. How did you do it any example or blog post ?
2. Support for mac os and windows and linux ?
   3 i have tried using sapreate public repository to release the app. But it also public the source code with github publishers. How to avoid releasing source code ?

@arunavo4

[sandeep1995]

Hey all, MacOS support is done. But I am not getting time to update all readme.

[arunavo4]

1. How did you do it any example or blog post ?
2. Support for mac os and windows and linux ?
   3 i have tried using sapreate public repository to release the app. But it also public the source code with github publishers. How to avoid releasing source code ?

@arunavo4

@rizwan92
For Auto update to work we need to publish the package in the following formats.
Auto-updatable Targets¶

macOS: DMG.
Linux: AppImage.
Windows: NSIS.

Issue

Solution

1. The electron-updater version 5.0.5 having a common issue that it want alow us to download new update. To avoid this issue need to update node module file.

2. Path to file node_modules\electron-updater\out\NsisUpdater.js

3. Code location
   Line No 141 OR NsisUpdater > differentialDownloadInstaller > downloadBlockMap > try block

4. Need to replace try block code
   return JSON.parse(zlib_1.gunzipSync(data).toString());
   with
   return JSON.parse((0, zlib_1.gunzipSync)(data).toString());

Its working for Mac windows and linux,

Follow these References:
Auto Update
Update Electron Application

Use the Public repo to only upload the release files, and when it says source code its just empty, you can download and check it.

If you need anymore help you can reach out to me on my email, its on my github profile.

[sandeep1995]

A PR is always welcome.

[rizwan92]

@arunavo4 + @sandeep1995

i have like very genuine question to ask usually most of new beginner asks joining electron discord or community

1. how essential code signing is ?
2. is there any decompiler for electron applications so third patry can extract our source code ?
3. most of new ideas and coders cannot afford code signing certificate in beginning (macos = 120$, windows ov certs 145$ and linux certs) per year is there any other way to publish the apps without code signign certificate ?
4. i tried singing my desktop apps with self code sign certificate in windows but when i release new update it download the whole new version at end it throws error codes sining certificate error
5. how electron delta is different from electron-differential-updater ?