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How does Unity Hub handles updates?

Discussion in 'Unity Hub' started by nahoy, Jun 21, 2018.

  1. nahoy

    nahoy

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    Hello,

    So far, Unity Hub is super awesome, thank you!

    It's not really a Unity Hub related question but... can you tell me how you handle the auto-update of the app?
    Obviously you check and download new versions in the background, but what happens when you click "restart to update"? Does it remove the old installation, then install the new one and launch it? Or something else?

    Thanks!
     
    nahoy, Jun 21, 2018
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  2. afshinity

    afshinity

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    Hi Nahoy,

    Thank you for your feedback.
    Unity Hub is an electron app, and we are using the auto-update feature of the electron with some custom code around it.
    Yes, we check in the background once in a while (or when you go online) and download the update if available. The installation of the new one is happening when you restart the hub by replacing the new hub with the old one. (pretty much what you said).

    Best,
    Afshin
     
    afshinity, Jun 21, 2018
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  3. nahoy

    nahoy

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    Thanks a lot for the answer :)
    So I guess there's some kind of launcher that detects if an update is on disk, then delete the old one and put the new one and then launch it?
     
    nahoy, Jun 22, 2018
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  4. afshinity

    afshinity

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    Yes.
    The hub process checks if there is an update available (on disk or on the cloud) and install it on the next restart.
     
    afshinity, Jul 2, 2018
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