Add consent prompt for app update checks

Introduces a user prompt to enable app update checks, defaulting the setting to disabled. The prompt appears only once and updates the setting if the user consents, improving user control over update checks.

Author: bajrangCoder

src/lib/settings.js

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class Settings {
 			lineHeight: 2,
 			leftMargin: 50,
 			checkFiles: true,
-			checkForAppUpdates: true,
+			checkForAppUpdates: false,
 			desktopMode: false,
 			console: this.CONSOLE_LEGACY,
 			keyboardMode: this.KEYBOARD_MODE_NO_SUGGESTIONS_AGGRESSIVE,

src/main.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { TerminalManager } from "components/terminal";
 import tile from "components/tile";
 import toast from "components/toast";
 import tutorial from "components/tutorial";
+import confirm from "dialogs/confirm";
 import intentHandler, { processPendingIntents } from "handlers/intent";
 import keyboardHandler, { keydownState } from "handlers/keyboard";
 import quickToolsInit from "handlers/quickToolsInit";
@@ -259,8 +260,10 @@ async function onDeviceReady() {
 		}, 500);
 	}
 
+	await promptUpdateCheckConsent();
+
 	// Check for app updates
-	if (settings.value.checkForUpdates && navigator.onLine) {
+	if (settings.value.checkForAppUpdates && navigator.onLine) {
 		cordova.plugin.http.sendRequest(
 			"https://api.github.com/repos/Acode-Foundation/Acode/releases/latest",
 			{
@@ -317,6 +320,27 @@ async function onDeviceReady() {
 		.catch(console.error);
 }
 
+async function promptUpdateCheckConsent() {
+	try {
+		if (Boolean(localStorage.getItem("checkForUpdatesPrompted"))) return;
+
+		if (settings.value.checkForAppUpdates) {
+			localStorage.setItem("checkForUpdatesPrompted", "true");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const message =
+			"Acode can check for new app updates when you're online. Enable update checks?";
+		const shouldEnable = await confirm(strings?.confirm, message);
+		localStorage.setItem("checkForUpdatesPrompted", "true");
+		if (shouldEnable) {
+			await settings.update({ checkForAppUpdates: true }, false);
+		}
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error("Failed to prompt for update check consent", error);
+	}
+}
+
 async function loadApp() {
 	let $mainMenu;
 	let $fileMenu;