App is not even launching with git hub update

public static async void CheckUpdate() { using (var mgr = UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager("https://github.com/JavvajiKiran/TestRelease")) { await mgr.Result.UpdateApp(); } }

I am using above for UpdateCheck for my WPF application

Calling .CheckUpdate(); form OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) in App.xaml.cs

Now when I run the app through Visual studio.Its not even running totally.Its just stops at this Debug line for long time.
'C:\Users\jk\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\MyApp\MyApp\bin\Release\Splat.dll'. Symbols loaded. The program '[10620] MyApp.vshost.exe' has exited with code -1 (0xffffffff).

[Thieum]

@JavvajiKiran Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Squirrel?

[cgeopapa]

I am experiencing the same problem on the latest NuGet release. Here is my code

public partial class App : Application
    {
        protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnStartup(e);

            _ = CheckUpdate();
        }

        private static async Task CheckUpdate()
        {
            using (var mgr = UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager("https://github.com/cgeopapa/SquirrelTest"))
            {
                await mgr.Result.UpdateApp();  //hangs here and waits indefinitely 
            }
        }
    }

[lightlike]

I do not know if this will help you but the Docs have an error in there. It needs to be:

using (var mgr = UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager("https://github.com/cgeopapa/SquirrelTest").Result)
{
    await mgr.UpdateApp();
}

As the UpdateManager and not the Task needs to be disposed.
You can look at my code if that helps.

[cgeopapa]

Now it hangs on the first line. Seem that the .Result is causing the issue. Like it is trying to reach the url and it can't. Are there any logs kept so I can provide more information? In my output there is nothing print.

[Zujaj]

I do not know if this will help you but the Docs have an error in there. It needs to be:

using (var mgr = UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager("https://github.com/cgeopapa/SquirrelTest").Result)
{
    await mgr.UpdateApp();
}

As the UpdateManager and not the Task needs to be disposed.
You can look at my code if that helps.

QUERY

Is your github repo private?
Because when I searched https://github.com/cgeopapa/SquirrelTest , I get error 404 Not Found!

SOLUTION

Sadly squirrel doesn't support private repo, I too faced such problem. To resolve this you can create a public repo with the release only and paste the link in the UpdateManager like so

//Field
 private static bool ShowTheWelcomeWizard;
 
static class Program
    {
        private static bool ShowTheWelcomeWizard;

        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
           CheckForUpdates();

            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form());

        }

private static async Task CheckForUpdates()
        {
            var upgraded = false;
            var mgr = UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager("https://github.com/link-to-public-release-repo");

            while (!upgraded)
            {
                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));

                try
                {
                    using (var result = await mgr)
                    {
                        SquirrelAwareApp.HandleEvents(
                                        onInitialInstall: v => mgr.Result.CreateShortcutForThisExe(),
                                        onAppUpdate: v => mgr.Result.CreateShortcutForThisExe(),
                                        onAppUninstall: v => mgr.Result.RemoveShortcutForThisExe(),
                                        onFirstRun: () => ShowTheWelcomeWizard = true);

                        await result.UpdateApp();
                        upgraded = true;
                       
                    }
                    mgr.Dispose();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    string message = ex.Message + Environment.NewLine;
                    if (ex.InnerException != null)
                        message += ex.InnerException.Message;
                    MaterialMessageBox.Show(message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                }
            }