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Here's some instructions to test this PR:
- download the channel file. This differs based on the OS and the channel you're getting updates from, but now only the nightly channel is available:
- download the latest nightly from https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-ide/nightly/[NAME_OF_LATEST_BUILD] and replace
NAME_OF_LATEST_BUILDwith the value of the propertypathinside of your channel file (e.g.:https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-ide/nightly/arduino-ide_nightly-20220225_Windows_64bit.exe) - create a folder called
test-updater - inside
test-updater, create another folder callednightly - move the channel file and the build file you've just downloaded inside the
nightlyfolder - serve content of test updater with whater local server you want. For example
cd test-updater
python3 -m http.server- Download and open the PR build of the Arduino IDE you want to test
- Open the User Preferences from the command palette (CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + P)
- Search for the "Update Channel" preference and set it to "nightly"
- Search for the "Update Base URL" preference and set it to the ip address your local server is running on (e.g.:
http://0.0.0.0:8000) - Close the Arduino IDE and reopen it. You should now see the update dialog
(Hint: after making your tests, make sure to reset the update URL to the default or your Arduino IDE will keep looking for updates from your custom URL)
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I've been using this new feature a lot on Windows and Linux. It works perfectly and really improves the ability to test the update capability.
Thanks Alberto!
Motivation
We want to have a way to test the automatic update feature when downloading a build from a PR.
Change description
Add the possibility to change the URL the updater uses to know if there are updates and to download them. This way, anyone could start a local server that serves the files needed for the automatic update and fool the updater to make them think there is a new update to download.
Other information
This is necessary because a PR build of the Arduino IDE will generally be a newer version than the current latest version, so it's difficult to test before merging.
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