"Release Channel" Function

Flow.Launcher.Core/Updater.cs

@@ -24,14 +24,22 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Core
 {
     public class Updater
     {
-        public string GitHubRepository { get; init; }
+        public string GitHubReleaseRepository { get; }
+        public string GitHubPrereleaseRepository { get; }
 
+        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);
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ public async Task UpdateAppAsync(bool silentUpdate = true)
                     Log.Exception($"|Updater.UpdateApp|Check your connection and proxy settings to github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com.", e);
                 else
                     Log.Exception($"|Updater.UpdateApp|Error Occurred", e);
-                
+
                 if (!silentUpdate)
                     _api.ShowMsg(_api.GetTranslation("update_flowlauncher_fail"),
                         _api.GetTranslation("update_flowlauncher_check_connection"));

Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/UserSettings/Settings.cs

@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public string Theme
         public double? SettingWindowLeft { get; set; } = null;
         public WindowState SettingWindowState { get; set; } = WindowState.Normal;
 
+        public bool PrereleaseUpdateSource { get; set; }
+
         bool _showPlaceholder { get; set; } = false;
         public bool ShowPlaceholder
         {

Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs

@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ public App()
                     .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<SettingWindowViewModel>()
                         .AddSingleton<IAlphabet, PinyinAlphabet>()

Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj

@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@
     </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

@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@
     <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

@@ -55,7 +55,17 @@ public string CacheFolderSize
         App.API.GetTranslation("about_activate_times"),
         _settings.ActivateTimes
     );
-
+
+    public int PrereleaseSelectedIndex
+    {
+        get => _settings.PrereleaseUpdateSource ? 1 : 0;
+        set
+        {
+            _settings.PrereleaseUpdateSource = value == 1;
+            OnPropertyChanged();
+        }
+    }
+
     public class LogLevelData : DropdownDataGeneric<LOGLEVEL> { }
 
     public List<LogLevelData> LogLevels { get; } =

Flow.Launcher/SettingPages/Views/SettingsPaneAbout.xaml

@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
                 Icon=""
                 Sub="{DynamicResource version}">
                 <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
-                    <Button
-                        Margin="0 0 10 0"
-                        Command="{Binding UpdateAppCommand}"
-                        Content="{DynamicResource checkUpdates}" />
                     <Button Padding="0" Style="{StaticResource AccentButtonStyle}">
                         <Hyperlink
                             NavigateUri="{Binding SponsorPage}"
@@ -49,6 +45,16 @@
                 </StackPanel>
             </cc:Card>
 
+            <cc:Card Title="{DynamicResource updateSource}" Icon="&#xE777;">
+                <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>
+            </cc:Card>
+
             <cc:Card Title="{DynamicResource releaseNotes}" Icon="&#xe8fd;">
                 <cc:HyperLink Text="{DynamicResource releaseNotes}" Uri="{Binding ReleaseNotes}" />
             </cc:Card>

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"

Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/SettingWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.UserSettings;
+using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.UserSettings;
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel;