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Users in China do not get automatic updates for DevTools #2503
Description
See #2486 and #2502. If the Pub website is blocked, the API check for versions will also fail, and we'll never update.
Some possible options:
- Call the API on pub.flutter-io.cn (if supported) if the first request fails
- Always try to update DevTools in the background at startup (note: this might mess with people using locally-activated versions)
- Periodically prompt the user to update ("Unable to check for updates, install latest version?" or similar)
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beilly commentedon May 28, 2020
@DanTup Give a option setting API on pub.flutter-io.cn, and default pub.dev. Otherwise, always update manually. If you have any help with the test, please contact me.
DanTup commentedon Jun 16, 2020
Looks like we don't need a setting - we can just read
PUB_HOSTED_URLwhich should already be set by users in China for Flutter/pub to work correctly (see https://flutter.dev/community/china) :-)