Expose an app restart API to the renderer

Author: pimterry

src/index.ts

@@ -638,4 +638,14 @@ ipcMain.handle('open-context-menu', ipcHandler((options: ContextMenuDefinition)
 ));
 
 ipcMain.handle('get-desktop-version', ipcHandler(() => DESKTOP_VERSION));
-ipcMain.handle('get-server-auth-token', ipcHandler(() => AUTH_TOKEN));
+ipcMain.handle('get-server-auth-token', ipcHandler(() => AUTH_TOKEN));
+
+let restarting = false;
+ipcMain.handle('restart-app', ipcHandler(() => {
+    if (restarting) return;
+    restarting = true;
+    console.log('Restarting...');
+
+    app.relaunch();
+    app.quit();
+}));

src/preload.ts

@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('desktopApi', {
     selectApplication: () =>
         ipcRenderer.invoke('select-application'),
     openContextMenu: (options: ContextMenuDefinition) =>
-        ipcRenderer.invoke('open-context-menu', options)
+        ipcRenderer.invoke('open-context-menu', options),
+
+    restartApp: () =>
+        ipcRenderer.invoke('restart-app')
 });