[MM-53847] Expose isDev API to allow webapp to check if the app is in dev mode (#2800)

* [MM-53847] Expose isDev API to allow webapp to check if the app is in dev mode

* Fix test

src/common/communication.ts

@@ -173,3 +173,5 @@ export const MAIN_WINDOW_RESIZED = 'main-window-resized';
 export const MAIN_WINDOW_FOCUSED = 'main-window-focused';
 
 export const VALIDATE_SERVER_URL = 'validate-server-url';
+
+export const GET_IS_DEV_MODE = 'get-is-dev-mode';

src/main/app/initialize.ts

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function initializeBeforeAppReady() {
     AllowProtocolDialog.init();
 
     if (isDev && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
-        log.info('In development mode, deeplinking is disabled');
+        app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient('mattermost-dev');
     } else if (mainProtocol) {
         app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(mainProtocol);
     }

src/main/app/utils.test.js

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jest.mock('electron', () => ({
     },
 }));
 
+jest.mock('electron-is-dev', () => false);
+
 jest.mock('common/config', () => ({
     setServers: jest.fn(),
 }));

src/main/app/utils.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 import {app, BrowserWindow, Menu, Rectangle, Session, session, dialog, nativeImage, screen} from 'electron';
+import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
 
 import {MigrationInfo} from 'types/config';
 import {RemoteInfo} from 'types/server';
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ export function getDeeplinkingURL(args: string[]) {
     if (Array.isArray(args) && args.length) {
     // deeplink urls should always be the last argument, but may not be the first (i.e. Windows with the app already running)
         const url = args[args.length - 1];
-        if (url && mainProtocol && url.startsWith(mainProtocol) && isValidURI(url)) {
+        const protocol = isDev ? 'mattermost-dev' : mainProtocol;
+        if (url && protocol && url.startsWith(protocol) && isValidURI(url)) {
             return url;
         }
     }

src/main/preload/mattermost.js

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
     CLOSE_DOWNLOADS_DROPDOWN,
     CALLS_ERROR,
     CALLS_JOIN_REQUEST,
+    GET_IS_DEV_MODE,
 } from 'common/communication';
 
 const UNREAD_COUNT_INTERVAL = 1000;
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
     });
 }
 
+contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('desktopAPI', {
+    isDev: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(GET_IS_DEV_MODE),
+});
+
 ipcRenderer.invoke('get-app-version').then(({name, version}) => {
     appVersion = version;
     appName = name;

src/main/views/viewManager.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE.txt for license information.
 
 import {BrowserView, dialog, ipcMain, IpcMainEvent, IpcMainInvokeEvent, Event} from 'electron';
+import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
 
 import ServerViewState from 'app/serverViewState';
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import {
     MAIN_WINDOW_RESIZED,
     MAIN_WINDOW_FOCUSED,
     SWITCH_TAB,
+    GET_IS_DEV_MODE,
 } from 'common/communication';
 import Config from 'common/config';
 import {Logger} from 'common/log';
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ export class ViewManager {
         MainWindow.on(MAIN_WINDOW_RESIZED, this.handleSetCurrentViewBounds);
         MainWindow.on(MAIN_WINDOW_FOCUSED, this.focusCurrentView);
         ipcMain.handle(GET_VIEW_INFO_FOR_TEST, this.handleGetViewInfoForTest);
+        ipcMain.handle(GET_IS_DEV_MODE, () => isDev);
         ipcMain.on(HISTORY, this.handleHistory);
         ipcMain.on(REACT_APP_INITIALIZED, this.handleReactAppInitialized);
         ipcMain.on(BROWSER_HISTORY_PUSH, this.handleBrowserHistoryPush);