Added simple check for newer releases

Author: RolandKoenig

MessageCommunicator.TestGui/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@
 
             <!-- Status bar -->
             <Grid Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="3">
-                <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Right">
-                    <TextBlock Margin="3" Text="Status text" />
-                </StackPanel>
+                <localViews:ReleaseCheckView HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
             </Grid>
         </Grid>
 

MessageCommunicator.TestGui/MessageCommunicator.TestGui.csproj

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
     <AvaloniaResource Include="Assets\Docs\Resources\MessageRecognizerSettings.png" />
     <None Remove="Assets\MessageCommunicator.ico" />
     <AvaloniaResource Include="Assets\MessageCommunicator.ico" />
+    <AvaloniaResource Update="Views\_ReleaseCheck\SendMessageView.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </AvaloniaResource>
+    <Compile Update="Views\_ReleaseCheck\ReleaseCheckView.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>ReleaseCheckView.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="0.9.12" />

MessageCommunicator.TestGui/Views/_ReleaseCheck/ReleaseCheckView.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<UserControl xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MessageCommunicator.TestGui.Views;assembly=MessageCommunicator.TestGui"
+             xmlns:localRoot="clr-namespace:MessageCommunicator.TestGui;assembly=MessageCommunicator.TestGui"
+             mc:Ignorable="d"
+             d:Width="400" d:Height="400"
+             x:Class="MessageCommunicator.TestGui.Views.ReleaseCheckView">
+    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=StatusText}"
+                   Margin="2"/>
+    </StackPanel>
+</UserControl>

MessageCommunicator.TestGui/Views/_ReleaseCheck/ReleaseCheckView.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
+
+namespace MessageCommunicator.TestGui.Views
+{
+    public class ReleaseCheckView : OwnUserControl<ReleaseCheckViewModel>
+    {
+        public ReleaseCheckView()
+        {
+            AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
+
+            if (!Design.IsDesignMode)
+            {
+                var viewModel = new ReleaseCheckViewModel();
+                viewModel.TriggerRequest();
+
+                this.DataContext = viewModel;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

MessageCommunicator.TestGui/Views/_ReleaseCheck/ReleaseCheckViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Avalonia.X11;
+using ReactiveUI;
+
+namespace MessageCommunicator.TestGui.Views
+{
+    public class ReleaseCheckViewModel : OwnViewModelBase
+    {
+        private string _statusText;
+
+        public string StatusText
+        {
+            get => _statusText;
+            set
+            {
+                if (_statusText != value)
+                {
+                    _statusText = value;
+                    this.RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(this.StatusText));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        public ReleaseCheckViewModel()
+        {
+            _statusText = "Checking for newer releases...";
+        }
+
+        public void TriggerRequest()
+        {
+            ReleaseOverview.GetLatestReleaseAsync()
+                .ContinueWith(task =>
+                {
+                    if(task.IsFaulted){ this.ProcessLatestReleaseInfo(null); }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        this.ProcessLatestReleaseInfo(task.Result);
+                    }
+                }, TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext());
+        }
+
+        public void ProcessLatestReleaseInfo(ReleaseInformation? releaseInfo)
+        {
+            if (releaseInfo == null)
+            {
+                this.StatusText = "Unable to check for newer releases";
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.StatusText = $"Newest: {releaseInfo.Version}";
+        }
+    }
+}

MessageCommunicator.TestGui/_Util/_ReleaseOverview/ReleaseOverview.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class ReleaseOverview
     {
         private const string URL = "https://www.rolandk.de/releases/message_communicator.json";
 
-        public static async Task<ReleaseInformation?> GetLatestRelease()
+        public static async Task<ReleaseInformation?> GetLatestReleaseAsync()
         {
             using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
             {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ReleaseOverview
                     using (var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(inStreamReader))
                     {
                         dynamic jObject = JsonSerializer.CreateDefault().Deserialize(jsonReader!)!;
-                        string version = jObject.tag_name;
+                        string version = jObject[0].version;
                         return new ReleaseInformation(
                             Version.Parse(version));
                     }

MessageCommunicator.sln

@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MessageCommunicator.SerialPorts", "MessageCommunicator.SerialPorts\MessageCommunicator.SerialPorts.csproj", "{1AC0E46B-95A6-48CC-8435-3B084A01151D}"
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "docs", "docs", "{43317525-1226-4299-9444-6DBF06A5F943}"
+ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+	docs\ByteStreamHandler.md = docs\ByteStreamHandler.md
+	docs\Home.md = docs\Home.md
+	docs\MessageRecognizer.md = docs\MessageRecognizer.md
+	docs\Profile.md = docs\Profile.md
+EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Resources", "Resources", "{EA6DE818-9931-4DA6-B34A-7E9D285B588C}"
+ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+	docs\Resources\ByteStreamHandlerSettings.png = docs\Resources\ByteStreamHandlerSettings.png
+	docs\Resources\MessageRecognizerSettings.png = docs\Resources\MessageRecognizerSettings.png
+EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
@@ -120,6 +132,7 @@ Global
 		{61C4FD8C-A0BC-4050-BD6C-1D48B45302E7} = {912C279A-570B-490B-B610-5357670BF0D8}
 		{2B5F93AC-82F3-486D-8A44-07E2E21FA6A9} = {8E0807B9-6F5F-4BB1-AA23-2AED4FD99B71}
 		{C55F0A61-2E52-49DF-8BF0-86288AC9DAC6} = {8E0807B9-6F5F-4BB1-AA23-2AED4FD99B71}
+		{EA6DE818-9931-4DA6-B34A-7E9D285B588C} = {43317525-1226-4299-9444-6DBF06A5F943}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {F611EC5F-305C-4179-91F2-741C52DAAFA0}