Merge pull request #164 from arduino/feature/launch-pkg-installer

Add button to launch package installer

Author: ubidefeo

backend/ipc.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const registerMenu = require('./menu.js')
 const serial = require('./serial/serial.js').sharedInstance
+const { shell } = require('electron');
 
 const {
   openFolderDialog,
@@ -138,6 +139,25 @@ module.exports = function registerIPCHandlers(win, ipcMain, app, dialog) {
     registerMenu(win, state)
   })
 
+  ipcMain.handle('launch-app', async (event, urlScheme) => {
+    // Launch an external app with a custom protocol
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      try {
+        shell.openExternal(urlScheme).then(() => {
+          resolve(true);  // App opened successfully
+        }).catch(() => {
+          resolve(false);  // App not installed
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        reject(err);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  
+  ipcMain.handle('open-url', async (event, url) => {
+    shell.openExternal(url);
+  });
+
   win.on('close', (event) => {
     console.log('BrowserWindow', 'close')
     event.preventDefault()

preload.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ console.log('preload')
 const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
 const path = require('path')
 const shortcuts = require('./backend/shortcuts.js').shortcuts.global
-const { emit, platform } = require('process')
+const { platform } = require('process')
 const SerialBridge = require('./backend/serial/serial-bridge.js')
 
 const Disk = {
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ const Window = {
   getShortcuts: () => shortcuts
 }
 
+/**
+ * Launches an app using the provided URL scheme (e.g. myapp://). If the app is not installed, it will
+ * fallback to open the provided fallback URL.
+ * @param {string} url The URL scheme to use to launch the app
+ * @param {string} fallbackUrl The URL to open if the app is not installed
+ */
+async function launchApp(url, fallbackUrl) {
+  const success = await ipcRenderer.invoke('launch-app', url);
+
+  if (!success) {      
+    await ipcRenderer.invoke('open-url', fallbackUrl); // Fallback to open a URL in the default browser
+  }
+}
+
+contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('launchApp', launchApp)
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('BridgeSerial', SerialBridge)
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('BridgeDisk', Disk)
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('BridgeWindow', Window)

ui/arduino/media/install-package.svg

@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ async function store(state, emitter) {
     updateMenu()
   })
 
+  emitter.on('launch-app', async (url, fallbackUrl) => {
+    window.launchApp(url, fallbackUrl)
+  })
+
   // CONNECTION DIALOG
   emitter.on('open-connection-dialog', async () => {
     log('open-connection-dialog')

ui/arduino/store.js

@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ function Toolbar(state, emit) {
           disabled: !_canSave,
           onClick: () => emit('save')
         })}
+
+        ${!window.BridgeWindow.isLinux() ? html`<div class="separator"></div>` : ''}
+
+        ${!window.BridgeWindow.isLinux() ? Button({
+          icon: 'install-package.svg',
+          label: `Add Package`,          
+          onClick: () => {
+            if(state.isConnected) emit('disconnect') // Package installer requires exclusive access to the serial port
+            emit('launch-app', 'micropython-package-installer://', 'https://github.com/arduino/lab-micropython-package-installer/releases/latest')          
+          }
+        }) : '' }
       </div>
         
       <div id="app-views">
@@ -88,7 +99,6 @@ function Toolbar(state, emit) {
           square: true,
           onClick: () => emit('change-view', 'file-manager')
         })}
-      
       </div>
     </div>
   `