Show version number in UI

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dist/index.html b/dist/index.html
index 235e02a1..f57b9e2f 100644
--- a/dist/index.html
+++ b/dist/index.html
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
     <panic-button>Panic Button</panic-button>
     <backend-ping class="server"></backend-ping>
     <install-location-holder>EMPTY</install-location-holder>
+    <version-number-holder>UNKNOWN</version-number-holder>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 9f1229f7..cbf10065 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ fn main() {
                 }
             });
 
+            let app_handle = app.app_handle();
+            tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+                // Sending current version inside a timed loop is a bad idea as it shouldn't change at runtime
+                // The reason this is currently done like this is cause I haven't figure out yet how to just send it once / read it in front-end
+                let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+                loop {
+                    sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000)).await;
+                    println!("sending install location");
+                    println!("{}", version);
+                    app_handle
+                        .emit_all("current-version-ping", version)
+                        .unwrap();
+                }
+            });
+
             Ok(())
         })
         .manage(Counter(Default::default()))
diff --git a/src-ui/src/main.ts b/src-ui/src/main.ts
index 3c44ce55..fcd68cb4 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/main.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/main.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async function () {
     let pingEl = $("backend-ping")! as HTMLElement;
     let panicButtonEl = $("panic-button") as HTMLElement;
     let installLocationHolderEl = $("install-location-holder") as HTMLElement;
+    let versionNumberHolderEl = $("version-number-holder") as HTMLElement;
 
     // listen backend-ping event (from Tauri Rust App)
     listen("install-location-result", function (evt: TauriEvent<string>) {
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async function () {
         installLocationHolderEl.textContent = evt.payload;
     })
 
+    // listen for version number ping
+    listen("current-version-ping", function (evt: TauriEvent<string>) {
+        versionNumberHolderEl.textContent = evt.payload;
+    })
+
     // listen backend-ping event (from Tauri Rust App)
     listen("backend-ping", function (evt: TauriEvent<any>) {
         pingEl.classList.add("on");