"Release Channel" Function

Flow.Launcher.Core/Updater.cs

@@ -21,16 +21,24 @@
 {
     public class Updater
     {
-        public string GitHubRepository { get; init; }
+        public string GitHubReleaseRepository { get; }
+        public string GitHubPrereleaseRepository { get; }
 
         private static readonly string ClassName = nameof(Updater);
 
+        public bool UpdateToPrerelease => _settings.PrereleaseUpdateSource;
+
+        public string GitHubRepository => UpdateToPrerelease ? GitHubPrereleaseRepository : GitHubReleaseRepository;
+
+        private readonly Settings _settings;
         private readonly IPublicAPI _api;
 
-        public Updater(IPublicAPI publicAPI, string gitHubRepository)
+        public Updater(Settings settings, IPublicAPI publicAPI, string gitHubReleaseRepository, string gitHubPrereleaseRepository)
         {
+            _settings = settings;
             _api = publicAPI;
-            GitHubRepository = gitHubRepository;
+            GitHubReleaseRepository = gitHubReleaseRepository;
+            GitHubPrereleaseRepository = gitHubPrereleaseRepository;
         }
 
         private SemaphoreSlim UpdateLock { get; } = new SemaphoreSlim(1);
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     await updateManager.CreateUninstallerRegistryEntry().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
                 var newVersionTips = NewVersionTips(newReleaseVersion.ToString());

Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/UserSettings/Settings.cs

@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ public string SettingWindowFont
         public double? SettingWindowLeft { get; set; } = null;
         public WindowState SettingWindowState { get; set; } = WindowState.Normal;
 
+        public bool PrereleaseUpdateSource { get; set; }
+
         private bool _showPlaceholder { get; set; } = true;
         public bool ShowPlaceholder
         {

Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin;
 using Flow.Launcher.SettingPages.ViewModels;
 using Flow.Launcher.ViewModel;
 using iNKORE.UI.WPF.Modern.Common;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading;
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@
                     .UseContentRoot(AppContext.BaseDirectory)
                     .ConfigureServices(services => services
                         .AddSingleton(_ => _settings)
-                        .AddSingleton(sp => new Updater(sp.GetRequiredService<IPublicAPI>(), Launcher.Properties.Settings.Default.GithubRepo))
+                        .AddSingleton(sp => new Updater(
+                            _settings,
+                            sp.GetRequiredService<IPublicAPI>(),
+                            Launcher.Properties.Settings.Default.GithubRepo,
+                            Launcher.Properties.Settings.Default.PrereleaseRepo))
                         .AddSingleton<Portable>()
                         .AddSingleton<IAlphabet, PinyinAlphabet>()
                         .AddSingleton<StringMatcher>()
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@
                 // Update plugin titles after plugins are initialized with their api instances
                 Internationalization.UpdatePluginMetadataTranslations();
 
                 await imageLoadertask;
 
                 _mainWindow = new MainWindow();
 

Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj

@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Update="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
+      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <None Update="Properties\Settings.settings">
+      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Update="Resources\dev.ico">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>

Flow.Launcher/Languages/en.xaml

@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@
     <system:String x:Key="clearcachefolderMessage">Are you sure you want to delete all caches?</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="clearfolderfailMessage">Failed to clear part of folders and files. Please see log file for more information</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="welcomewindow">Wizard</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="updateSource">Release Channel</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="release">Stable</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="prerelease">Pre-release</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="userdatapath">User Data Location</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="userdatapathToolTip">User settings and installed plugins are saved in the user data folder. This location may vary depending on whether it's in portable mode or not.</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="userdatapathButton">Open Folder</system:String>

Flow.Launcher/Properties/Settings.settings

@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
     <Setting Name="GithubRepo" Type="System.String" Scope="Application">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher</Value>
     </Setting>
+      <Setting Name="PrereleaseRepo" Type="System.String" Scope="Application">
+          <Value Profile="(Default)">https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Prereleases</Value>
+      </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>

Flow.Launcher/SettingPages/ViewModels/SettingsPaneAboutViewModel.cs

@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@
     };
 
     public string ActivatedTimes => Localize.about_activate_times(_settings.ActivateTimes);
+
+    public int PrereleaseSelectedIndex
+    {
+        get => _settings.PrereleaseUpdateSource ? 1 : 0;
+        set
+        {
+            _settings.PrereleaseUpdateSource = value == 1;
+            OnPropertyChanged();
+        }
+    }
 
     public class LogLevelData : DropdownDataGeneric<LOGLEVEL> { }
 
@@ -113,8 +123,8 @@
     private void AskClearCacheFolderConfirmation()
     {
         var confirmResult = App.API.ShowMsgBox(
             Localize.clearcachefolderMessage(),
             Localize.clearcachefolder(),
             MessageBoxButton.YesNo
         );
 
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@
         {
             if (!ClearCacheFolder())
             {
                 App.API.ShowMsgBox(Localize.clearfolderfailMessage());
             }
         }
     }

Flow.Launcher/SettingPages/Views/SettingsPaneAbout.xaml

@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@
                 </ui:SettingsCard.HeaderIcon>
 
                 <ikw:SimpleStackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="12">
-                    <Button
-                        x:Name="UpdateAppButton"
-                        Command="{Binding UpdateAppCommand}"
-                        Content="{DynamicResource checkUpdates}" />
                     <Button
                         Height="{Binding ElementName=UpdateAppButton, Path=ActualHeight}"
                         Command="{Binding OpenSponsorPageCommand}"
@@ -49,6 +45,20 @@
                 </ikw:SimpleStackPanel>
             </ui:SettingsCard>
 
+            <ui:SettingsCard Margin="0 4 0 0" Header="{DynamicResource updateSource}">
+                <ui:SettingsCard.HeaderIcon>
+                    <ui:FontIcon Glyph="&#xE777;" />
+                </ui:SettingsCard.HeaderIcon>
+
+                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+                    <ComboBox Margin="0 0 10 0" SelectedIndex="{Binding PrereleaseSelectedIndex}">
+                        <ComboBoxItem Content="{DynamicResource release}" />
+                        <ComboBoxItem Content="{DynamicResource prerelease}" />
+                    </ComboBox>
+                    <Button Command="{Binding UpdateAppCommand}" Content="{DynamicResource checkUpdates}" />
+                </StackPanel>
+            </ui:SettingsCard>
+
             <ui:SettingsCard Margin="0 4 0 0" Header="{DynamicResource releaseNotes}">
                 <ui:SettingsCard.HeaderIcon>
                     <ui:FontIcon Glyph="&#xe8fd;" />
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@
             <ui:SettingsCard
                 Margin="0 14 0 0"
                 Description="{DynamicResource userdatapathToolTip}"
                 Header="{DynamicResource userdatapath}">
                 <ui:SettingsCard.HeaderIcon>
                     <ui:FontIcon Glyph="&#xEC25;" />
                 </ui:SettingsCard.HeaderIcon>

Flow.Launcher/SettingWindow.xaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Window
+<Window
     x:Class="Flow.Launcher.SettingWindow"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"