Invalid update manifest or mismatching applicationId

[qq253498229]

While debugging the automatic update API, an exception was thrown.

I checked all the configurations. Did I miss something?

    let url = 'https://qq253498229.github.io/demo-neu1/updater.json';
    updater.checkForUpdates(url).then(r => {
      console.log('checkForUpdates r', r);
    }).catch(e => {
      console.log('checkForUpdates e', e);
    });

manifest.json:

{
  "applicationId": "cn.codeforfun.demo-neu1",
  "version": "0.0.2",
  "resourcesURL": "http://example.com/updater_test/update_res.neu",
  "data": {
    "releaseNotes": "This is a new version with bug fixes and improvements."
  }
}

neutralino.config.json

//xxxxxxx
  "applicationId": "cn.codeforfun.demo-neu1",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "nativeAllowList": [
    "filesystem.writeBinaryFile",
    "updater.*",
    "app.*",
    "filesystem.readDirectory"
  ],
//xxxxxx

[qq253498229]

I searched and reviewed some Neutralino applications on GitHub. After a comprehensive comparison, I found that the applicationId can only contain one "." and the use of "-" is not allowed.

After I changed the applicationId to "cn_codeforfun_demo_neu1", the updater.checkForUpdates function worked properly.

Is there any way to bypass this limitation?

[shalithasuranga]

Hello, @qq253498229, thanks for reporting this issue and posting your findings. Please keep this issue open till we apply a fix soon with the next release as there is no workaround to bypass this regex check: https://github.com/neutralinojs/neutralinojs/blob/aafcb6afd46077e9716453e0c3fbd290ad9b1eb9/settings.cpp#L125

Thanks 🎉