Implement installers via electron-builder

README.md

@@ -86,5 +86,10 @@ $ npm run package:linux
 $ npm run package:all (Packages for all platform)
 ```
 
+Create a windows installer with the following command. It will appear in the `release\windows-installer` directory.
+```
+$ npm run installer
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).

package.json

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "package:osx": "gulp package:osx",
     "package:linux": "gulp build && build --platform linux --arch all -d deb",
     "package:all": "gulp package:all",
-    "prettify": "gulp prettify"
+    "prettify": "gulp prettify",
+    "installer": "node ./script/installer.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.7.5",
@@ -33,10 +34,12 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "chromedriver": "^2.20.0",
     "del": "^2.2.0",
-    "electron-builder": "^3.11.0",
+    "electron-builder": "3.20.0",
     "electron-connect": "^0.3.7",
     "electron-packager": "^7.0.1",
     "electron-prebuilt": "0.37.8",
+    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
+    "electron-winstaller": "^2.2.0",
     "esformatter": "^0.9.3",
     "esformatter-jsx": "^5.0.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.0",
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@
     "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
     "mocha": "^2.3.4",
     "mocha-circleci-reporter": "0.0.1",
+    "rimraf": "^2.5.2",
     "should": "^8.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.0",
     "through2": "^2.0.1",
@@ -56,11 +60,13 @@
     "webpack-stream": "^3.1.0"
   },
   "build": {
+    "app-bundle-id": "com.mattermost.desktop",
+    "app-category-type": "public.app-category.productivity",
     "linux": {
       "synopsis": "Mattermost Desktop"
     }
   },
-  "directories":{
+  "directories": {
     "buildResources": "resources",
     "app": "dist",
     "output": "release"

script/installer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const createWindowsInstaller = require('electron-winstaller').createWindowsInstaller
+const path = require('path')
+const rimraf = require('rimraf')
+
+deleteOutputFolder()
+  .then(getInstallerConfig)
+  .then(createWindowsInstaller)
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error.message || error)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })
+
+function getInstallerConfig() {
+  const rootPath = path.join(__dirname, '..')
+  const outPath = path.join(rootPath, 'release')
+
+  return Promise.resolve({
+    appDirectory: path.join(outPath, 'Mattermost-win32-x64'),
+    iconUrl: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattermost/desktop/master/resources/icon.ico',
+    //loadingGif: path.join(rootPath, 'assets', 'img', 'loading.gif'),
+    noMsi: true,
+    outputDirectory: path.join(outPath, 'windows-installer'),
+    setupExe: 'Mattermost.exe',
+    setupIcon: path.join(rootPath, 'resources', 'icon.ico'),
+    skipUpdateIcon: true,
+    exe: 'Mattermost.exe'
+  })
+}
+
+function deleteOutputFolder() {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'out', 'windows-installer'), (error) => {
+      error ? reject(error) : resolve()
+    })
+  })
+}

src/main.js

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 const electron = require('electron');
 const app = electron.app; // Module to control application life.
+
+if (require('electron-squirrel-startup')) app.quit();
+
 const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow; // Module to create native browser window.
 const Menu = electron.Menu;
 const Tray = electron.Tray;