Merge pull request #8 from ThePat02/enhance-ui

add: Automatically check for new versions and notify user

README.md

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ This plugin provides a set of tools to create custom and complex behaviour in th
 - [Templates](docs/documentation.md#using-script-templates) for easy extension and integration.
 - Example Scene
 
+When a new version is available on GitHub, the plugin will display a notification in the Toolbox! 
+
 
 
 ## Usage

addons/behaviour_toolkit/ui/toolkit_ui.gd

@@ -2,26 +2,25 @@
 extends Control
 
 
+const CONFIG_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThePat02/BehaviourToolkit/main/addons/behaviour_toolkit/plugin.cfg"
+
+
 var current_selection: Node
 var undo_redo: EditorUndoRedoManager
 
+var current_version
+var newest_version: String
+
 
 @onready var dialog_blackboard: FileDialog = $FileDialogNewBlackboard
+@onready var http_request: HTTPRequest = $HTTPRequest
 
 
 func _ready():
-	# Get current version of the plugin
-	var config = ConfigFile.new()
-
-	# Load data from a file.
-	var err = config.load("res://addons/behaviour_toolkit/plugin.cfg")
+	update_current_version()
+	update_newest_version()
 
-	# If the file didn't load, ignore it.
-	if not err != OK:
-		var plugin_version = config.get_value("plugin", "version")
-		%Version.text = "BehaviourToolkit v" + str(plugin_version)
-
-	config.clear()
+	%Version.text = "BehaviourToolkit v" + str(current_version)
 
 	# Connect buttons
 	%ButtonState.connect("pressed", _on_button_pressed.bind(FSMState, "FSMState"))
@@ -54,6 +53,18 @@ func set_current_selection(new_selection):
 	current_selection = new_selection
 
 
+func update_newest_version():
+	http_request.request(CONFIG_URL)
+
+
+func update_current_version():
+	var config = ConfigFile.new()
+	var err = config.load("res://addons/behaviour_toolkit/plugin.cfg")
+
+	current_version = config.get_value("plugin", "version")
+	config.clear()
+
+
 func _on_button_pressed(type, name: String):
 	var new_node: BehaviourToolkit = type.new()
 
@@ -86,3 +97,14 @@ func _on_button_blackboard_pressed():
 func _on_file_dialog_new_blackboard_file_selected(path:String):
 	var new_blackboard := Blackboard.new()
 	ResourceSaver.save(new_blackboard, path)
+
+
+func _on_http_request_request_completed(result:int, response_code:int, headers:PackedStringArray, body:PackedByteArray):
+	var config = ConfigFile.new()
+	var err = config.parse(body.get_string_from_ascii())
+
+	newest_version = config.get_value("plugin", "version")
+	config.clear()
+
+	if newest_version != current_version:
+		%LinkGithub.show()

addons/behaviour_toolkit/ui/toolkit_ui.tscn

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ grow_vertical = 2
 script = ExtResource("1_51rvx")
 metadata/_edit_vertical_guides_ = []
 
+[node name="HTTPRequest" type="HTTPRequest" parent="."]
+
 [node name="FileDialogNewBlackboard" type="FileDialog" parent="."]
 title = "Create a new Blackboard"
 size = Vector2i(800, 500)
@@ -253,13 +255,22 @@ layout_mode = 2
 text = "Repeat"
 icon = ExtResource("10_nvbp1")
 
+[node name="LinkGithub" type="LinkButton" parent="ScrollContainer/MarginContainer/VBoxContainer"]
+unique_name_in_owner = true
+visible = false
+layout_mode = 2
+theme_override_colors/font_color = Color(0.0823529, 0.756863, 0.32549, 1)
+text = "New Version available on GitHub!"
+uri = "https://github.com/ThePat02/BehaviourToolkit"
+
 [node name="Footer" type="HBoxContainer" parent="ScrollContainer/MarginContainer/VBoxContainer"]
 layout_mode = 2
 
 [node name="Version" type="Label" parent="ScrollContainer/MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/Footer"]
 unique_name_in_owner = true
 layout_mode = 2
-text = "BehaviourToolkit v0.9.4"
+text = "BehaviourToolkit v1.0.0"
 
+[connection signal="request_completed" from="HTTPRequest" to="." method="_on_http_request_request_completed"]
 [connection signal="file_selected" from="FileDialogNewBlackboard" to="." method="_on_file_dialog_new_blackboard_file_selected"]
 [connection signal="pressed" from="ScrollContainer/MarginContainer/VBoxContainer/Panel/ScrollContainer/Toolbox/Misc/ButtonBlackboard" to="." method="_on_button_blackboard_pressed"]