autoLaunch on startup

electron/createWindow.js

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export default appState => {
     defaultHeight: height,
   });
 
+  const startMinimized = (process.argv || []).includes('--hidden');
+
   const windowConfiguration = {
     backgroundColor: '#270f34', // Located in src/scss/init/_vars.scss `--color-background--splash`
     minWidth: 950,
@@ -126,9 +128,13 @@ export default appState => {
   });
 
   window.once('ready-to-show', () => {
-    window.show();
+    startMinimized ? window.hide() : window.show();
   });
 
+  window.webContents.once('dom-ready', () => {
+    startMinimized && window.hide()
+  })
+
   window.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
     window.webContents.session.setUserAgent(`LBRY/${app.getVersion()}`);
 

package.json

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "postinstall:warning": "echo '\n\nWARNING\n\nNot all node modules were installed because NODE_ENV is set to \"production\".\nThis should only be set after installing dependencies with \"yarn\". The app will not work.\n\n'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "auto-launch": "^5.0.5",
     "electron-dl": "^1.11.0",
     "electron-log": "^2.2.12",
     "electron-notarize": "^0.1.1",

ui/component/embedArea/view.jsx

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export default function EmbedArea(props: Props) {
 
   function copyToClipboard() {
     const topRef = input.current;
-    console.log(topRef);
     if (topRef && topRef.input && topRef.input.current) {
       topRef.input.current.select();
       document.execCommand('copy');

ui/component/settingAutoLaunch/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
+import { doSetAutoLaunch } from 'redux/actions/settings';
+import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
+import { doToast } from 'lbry-redux';
+import SettingAutoLaunch from './view';
+
+const select = state => ({
+  autoLaunch: makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH)(state),
+});
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  showToast: options => dispatch(doToast(options)),
+  setAutoLaunch: value => dispatch(doSetAutoLaunch(value)),
+});
+
+export default connect(
+  select,
+  perform
+)(SettingAutoLaunch);

ui/component/settingAutoLaunch/view.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// @flow
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+
+type Props = {
+  autoLaunch: string,
+  showToast: ({}) => void,
+  setAutoLaunch: boolean => void,
+};
+
+function SettingAutoLaunch(props: Props) {
+  const { autoLaunch, setAutoLaunch } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <React.Fragment>
+      <FormField
+        type="checkbox"
+        name="autolaunch"
+        onChange={e => {
+          setAutoLaunch(e.target.checked);
+        }}
+        checked={autoLaunch}
+        label={__('Start minimized')}
+        helper={__(
+          'Improve view speed and help the LBRY network by allowing the app to cuddle up in your system tray.'
+        )}
+      />
+    </React.Fragment>
+  );
+}
+
+export default SettingAutoLaunch;

ui/constants/settings.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const AUTOMATIC_DARK_MODE_ENABLED = 'automatic_dark_mode_enabled';
 export const AUTOPLAY = 'autoplay';
 export const OS_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED = 'os_notifications_enabled';
 export const AUTO_DOWNLOAD = 'auto_download';
+export const AUTO_LAUNCH = 'auto_launch';
 export const SUPPORT_OPTION = 'support_option';
 export const HIDE_BALANCE = 'hide_balance';
 export const HIDE_SPLASH_ANIMATION = 'hide_splash_animation';

ui/index.jsx

@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ document.addEventListener('click', event => {
 });
 
 function AppWrapper() {
-  const haveLaunched = window.sessionStorage.getItem('loaded') === 'y';
+  // Splash screen and sdk setup not needed on web
-  const [readyToLaunch, setReadyToLaunch] = useState(haveLaunched || IS_WEB);
+  const [readyToLaunch, setReadyToLaunch] = useState(IS_WEB);
+  const [persistDone, setPersistDone] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // @if TARGET='app'
@@ -255,22 +256,25 @@ function AppWrapper() {
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (readyToLaunch) {
+    if (readyToLaunch && persistDone) {
       app.store.dispatch(doUpdateIsNightAsync());
       app.store.dispatch(doDaemonReady());
       app.store.dispatch(doBlackListedOutpointsSubscribe());
       app.store.dispatch(doFilteredOutpointsSubscribe());
-      window.sessionStorage.setItem('loaded', 'y');
 
       const appReadyTime = Date.now();
       const timeToStart = appReadyTime - startTime;
       analytics.readyEvent(timeToStart);
     }
-  }, [readyToLaunch, haveLaunched]);
+  }, [readyToLaunch, persistDone]);
 
   return (
     <Provider store={store}>
-      <PersistGate persistor={persistor} loading={<div className="main--launching" />}>
+      <PersistGate
+        persistor={persistor}
+        onBeforeLift={() => setPersistDone(true)}
+        loading={<div className="main--launching" />}
+      >
         <Fragment>
           {readyToLaunch ? (
             <ConnectedRouter history={history}>

ui/page/help/view.jsx

@@ -195,13 +195,11 @@ class HelpPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           <header className="table__header">
             <h2 className="section__title">{__('About')}</h2>
 
-            {this.state.upgradeAvailable !== null && this.state.upgradeAvailable ? (
+            {this.state.upgradeAvailable !== null && this.state.upgradeAvailable && (
               <p className="section__subtitle">
                 {__('A newer version of LBRY is available.')}{' '}
                 <Button button="link" href={newVerLink} label={__('Download now!')} />
               </p>
-            ) : (
-              <p className="section__subtitle">{__('Your LBRY app is up to date.')}</p>
             )}
           </header>
 

ui/page/settings/view.jsx

@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ import Button from 'component/button';
 import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 import Page from 'component/page';
 import SettingLanguage from 'component/settingLanguage';
+import SettingAutoLaunch from 'component/settingAutoLaunch';
 import FileSelector from 'component/common/file-selector';
 import SyncToggle from 'component/syncToggle';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 import { getSavedPassword } from 'util/saved-passwords';
+
+// @if TARGET='app'
+export const IS_MAC = process.platform === 'darwin';
+// @endif
+
 type Price = {
   currency: string,
   amount: number,
@@ -632,6 +638,11 @@ class SettingsPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
               }
             />
 
+            {/* @if TARGET='app' */}
+            {/* Auto launch in a hidden state doesn't work on mac https://github.com/Teamwork/node-auto-launch/issues/81 */}
+            {!IS_MAC && <Card title={__('Startup Preferences')} actions={<SettingAutoLaunch />} />}
+            {/* @endif */}
+
             <Card
               title={__('Application Cache')}
               subtitle={

ui/redux/actions/app.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   doClearSupport,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
 import Native from 'native';
-import { doFetchDaemonSettings } from 'redux/actions/settings';
+import { doFetchDaemonSettings, doSetAutoLaunch } from 'redux/actions/settings';
 import {
   selectIsUpgradeSkipped,
   selectUpdateUrl,
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ export function doDaemonReady() {
 
     // @if TARGET='app'
     dispatch(doBalanceSubscribe());
+    dispatch(doSetAutoLaunch());
     dispatch(doFetchDaemonSettings());
     dispatch(doFetchFileInfosAndPublishedClaims());
     if (!selectIsUpgradeSkipped(state)) {

ui/redux/actions/settings.js

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
 import * as LOCAL_ACTIONS from 'constants/action_types';
 import analytics from 'analytics';
 import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from 'constants/supported_languages';
+import { launcher } from 'util/autoLaunch';
+import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 
+export const IS_MAC = process.platform === 'darwin';
 const UPDATE_IS_NIGHT_INTERVAL = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 
 export function doFetchDaemonSettings() {
@@ -120,3 +123,54 @@ export function doSetLanguage(language) {
     }
   };
 }
+
+export function doSetAutoLaunch(value) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const state = getState();
+    const autoLaunch = makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH)(state);
+
+    if (IS_MAC) {
+      launcher.disable();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (value === undefined) {
+      launcher.isEnabled().then(isEnabled => {
+        if (isEnabled) {
+          if (!autoLaunch) {
+            launcher.disable().then(() => {
+              dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH, false));
+            });
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (autoLaunch || autoLaunch === null || autoLaunch === undefined) {
+            launcher.enable().then(() => {
+              dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH, true));
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    } else if (value === true) {
+      launcher.isEnabled().then(function(isEnabled) {
+        if (!isEnabled) {
+          launcher.enable().then(() => {
+            dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH, true));
+          });
+        } else {
+          dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH, true));
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      // value = false
+      launcher.isEnabled().then(function(isEnabled) {
+        if (isEnabled) {
+          launcher.disable().then(() => {
+            dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH, false));
+          });
+        } else {
+          dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH, false));
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  };
+}

ui/redux/reducers/settings.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const defaultState = {
     [SETTINGS.HIDE_BALANCE]: false,
     [SETTINGS.OS_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED]: true,
     [SETTINGS.AUTOMATIC_DARK_MODE_ENABLED]: false,
+
     [SETTINGS.DARK_MODE_TIMES]: {
       from: { hour: '21', min: '00', formattedTime: '21:00' },
       to: { hour: '8', min: '00', formattedTime: '8:00' },
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ const defaultState = {
     [SETTINGS.AUTOPLAY]: true,
     [SETTINGS.FLOATING_PLAYER]: true,
     [SETTINGS.AUTO_DOWNLOAD]: true,
+
+    // OS
+    [SETTINGS.AUTO_LAUNCH]: true,
   },
 };
 

ui/util/autoLaunch.js

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const AutoLaunch = require('auto-launch');
+
+export const launcher = new AutoLaunch({
+  name: 'LBRY',
+  isHidden: true,
+});

yarn.lock

@@ -1577,6 +1577,11 @@ app-builder-lib@21.2.0, app-builder-lib@~21.2.0:
     semver "^6.3.0"
     temp-file "^3.3.4"
 
+applescript@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/applescript/-/applescript-1.0.0.tgz#bb87af568cad034a4e48c4bdaf6067a3a2701317"
+  integrity sha1-u4evVoytA0pOSMS9r2Bno6JwExc=
+
 aproba@^1.0.3, aproba@^1.1.1:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aproba/-/aproba-1.2.0.tgz#6802e6264efd18c790a1b0d517f0f2627bf2c94a"
@@ -1766,6 +1771,17 @@ atob@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/atob/-/atob-2.1.2.tgz#6d9517eb9e030d2436666651e86bd9f6f13533c9"
   integrity sha512-Wm6ukoaOGJi/73p/cl2GvLjTI5JM1k/O14isD73YML8StrH/7/lRFgmg8nICZgD3bZZvjwCGxtMOD3wWNAu8cg==
 
+auto-launch@^5.0.5:
+  version "5.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/auto-launch/-/auto-launch-5.0.5.tgz#d14bd002b1ef642f85e991a6195ff5300c8ad3c0"
+  integrity sha512-ppdF4mihhYzMYLuCcx9H/c5TUOCev8uM7en53zWVQhyYAJrurd2bFZx3qQVeJKF2jrc7rsPRNN5cD+i23l6PdA==
+  dependencies:
+    applescript "^1.0.0"
+    mkdirp "^0.5.1"
+    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
+    untildify "^3.0.2"
+    winreg "1.2.4"
+
 autoprefixer@^6.3.1:
   version "6.7.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/autoprefixer/-/autoprefixer-6.7.7.tgz#1dbd1c835658e35ce3f9984099db00585c782014"
@@ -12222,6 +12238,11 @@ unset-value@^1.0.0:
     has-value "^0.3.1"
     isobject "^3.0.0"
 
+untildify@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/untildify/-/untildify-3.0.3.tgz#1e7b42b140bcfd922b22e70ca1265bfe3634c7c9"
+  integrity sha512-iSk/J8efr8uPT/Z4eSUywnqyrQU7DSdMfdqK4iWEaUVVmcP5JcnpRqmVMwcwcnmI1ATFNgC5V90u09tBynNFKA==
+
 unused-filename@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unused-filename/-/unused-filename-1.0.0.tgz#d340880f71ae2115ebaa1325bef05cc6684469c6"
@@ -12804,6 +12825,11 @@ windows-release@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     execa "^1.0.0"
 
+winreg@1.2.4:
+  version "1.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/winreg/-/winreg-1.2.4.tgz#ba065629b7a925130e15779108cf540990e98d1b"
+  integrity sha1-ugZWKbepJRMOFXeRCM9UCZDpjRs=
+
 wordwrap@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-1.0.0.tgz#27584810891456a4171c8d0226441ade90cbcaeb"