fix: enable starting the app without backend

Closes #223

flake.nix

@@ -4,68 +4,86 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
   };
-  outputs = {
+  outputs =
-    self,
+    {
-    nixpkgs,
+      self,
-    flake-utils,
+      nixpkgs,
-  }: let
+      flake-utils,
-    aapt2buildToolsVersion = "33.0.2";
+    }:
-  in
+    let
-    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
+      aapt2buildToolsVersion = "33.0.2";
-      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+    in
-        inherit system;
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (
-        overlays = [
+      system:
-          (final: prev: rec {
+      let
-            fontMin = prev.python311.withPackages (ps: with ps; [brotli fonttools] ++ (with fonttools.optional-dependencies; [woff]));
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-            android = prev.androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {
+          inherit system;
-              buildToolsVersions = ["30.0.3" aapt2buildToolsVersion];
+          overlays = [
-              platformVersions = ["33"];
+            (final: prev: rec {
-            };
+              fontMin = prev.python311.withPackages (
-            cypress = prev.cypress.overrideAttrs (cyPrev: rec {
+                ps:
-              version = "13.2.0";
+                with ps;
-              src = prev.fetchzip {
+                [
-                url = "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/${version}/linux-x64/cypress.zip";
+                  brotli
-                hash = "sha256-9o0nprGcJhudS1LNm+T7Vf0Dwd1RBauYKI+w1FBQ3ZM=";
+                  fonttools
+                ]
+                ++ (with fonttools.optional-dependencies; [ woff ])
+              );
+              android = prev.androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {
+                buildToolsVersions = [
+                  "34.0.0"
+                  aapt2buildToolsVersion
+                ];
+                platformVersions = [ "34" ];
               };
-            });
+              cypress = prev.cypress.overrideAttrs (cyPrev: rec {
-            nodejs = prev.nodejs_18;
+                version = "13.2.0";
-          })
+                src = prev.fetchzip {
-        ];
+                  url = "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/${version}/linux-x64/cypress.zip";
-        config = {
+                  hash = "sha256-9o0nprGcJhudS1LNm+T7Vf0Dwd1RBauYKI+w1FBQ3ZM=";
-          allowUnfree = true;
+                };
-          android_sdk.accept_license = true;
+              });
+              nodejs = prev.nodejs_18;
+              corepack = prev.corepack_18;
+            })
+          ];
+          config = {
+            allowUnfree = true;
+            android_sdk.accept_license = true;
+          };
         };
-      };
+        androidFhs = pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
-      androidFhs = pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
+          name = "android-env";
-        name = "android-env";
+          targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [ ];
-        targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [];
+          runScript = "bash";
-        runScript = "bash";
+          profile = ''
-        profile = ''
+            export ALLOW_NINJA_ENV=true
-          export ALLOW_NINJA_ENV=true
+            export USE_CCACHE=1
-          export USE_CCACHE=1
+            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/lib32
-          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/lib32
+          '';
-        '';
+        };
-      };
+      in
-    in {
+      {
-      devShell = pkgs.mkShell rec {
+        devShell = pkgs.mkShell rec {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [androidFhs];
+          nativeBuildInputs = [ androidFhs ];
-        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          nodejs
+            nodejs
-          corepack
+            corepack
-          # tools
+            # tools
-          curl
+            curl
-          jq
+            jq
-          fontMin
+            fontMin
-          cypress
+            cypress
-          # android
+            # android
-          jdk17
+            jdk17
-          android.androidsdk
+            android.androidsdk
-        ];
+          ];
-        ANDROID_JAVA_HOME = "${pkgs.jdk.home}";
+          ANDROID_JAVA_HOME = "${pkgs.jdk.home}";
-        ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = "${pkgs.android.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
+          ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = "${pkgs.android.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
-        GRADLE_OPTS = "-Dorg.gradle.project.android.aapt2FromMavenOverride=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/build-tools/${aapt2buildToolsVersion}/aapt2";
+          GRADLE_OPTS = "-Dorg.gradle.project.android.aapt2FromMavenOverride=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/build-tools/${aapt2buildToolsVersion}/aapt2";
-        CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY = "0";
+          CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY = "0";
-        CYPRESS_RUN_BINARY = "${pkgs.cypress}/bin/Cypress";
+          CYPRESS_RUN_BINARY = "${pkgs.cypress}/bin/Cypress";
-      };
+        };
-    });
+      }
+    );
 }

frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.spec.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ describe('ConfigProvider', () => {
 
   it('should fetch app configuration', async () => {
     spyOn(configProvider.client, 'handshake').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(sampleIndexResponse));
-    const result = await configProvider.fetch();
+    await configProvider.fetch();
+    const result = configProvider.config;
     expect(result).toEqual(sampleIndexResponse);
   });
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ describe('ConfigProvider', () => {
     expect(storageProviderSpy.has).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(storageProviderSpy.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     expect(configProvider.client.handshake).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(await configProvider.getValue('name')).toEqual(sampleIndexResponse.app.name);
+    expect(configProvider.getValue('name')).toEqual(sampleIndexResponse.app.name);
   });
 
   it('should throw error on failed initialisation', async () => {
@@ -192,4 +193,31 @@ describe('ConfigProvider', () => {
 
     expect(configProvider.getValue('name')).toEqual(sampleIndexResponse.app.name);
   });
+
+  it('should fetch new config from remote on init', async () => {
+    storageProviderSpy.has.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true));
+    storageProviderSpy.get.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(sampleIndexResponse));
+    spyOn(configProvider, 'fetch');
+    await configProvider.init();
+
+    expect(configProvider.fetch).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should update the local config with the one from remote', async () => {
+    storageProviderSpy.has.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true));
+    storageProviderSpy.get.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(sampleIndexResponse));
+    const newConfig = structuredClone(sampleIndexResponse);
+    newConfig.app.name = 'New app name';
+    spyOn(configProvider.client, 'handshake').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(newConfig));
+    await configProvider.init();
+
+    // Validate that the initial configuration is loaded
+    expect(configProvider.getValue('name')).toEqual(sampleIndexResponse.app.name);
+
+    // Fetch the new configuration from the remote
+    await configProvider.fetch();
+
+    // Validate that the new configuration is now set
+    expect(configProvider.getValue('name')).toEqual(newConfig.app.name);
+  });
 });

frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts

@@ -83,17 +83,20 @@ export class ConfigProvider {
   /**
    * Fetches configuration from backend
    */
-  async fetch(): Promise<SCIndexResponse> {
+  async fetch(): Promise<void> {
     try {
       const isOffline = await firstValueFrom(this.internetConnectionService.offline$);
       if (isOffline) {
         throw new Error('Device is offline.');
       } else {
-        return await this.client.handshake(this.scVersion);
+        const fetchedConfig: SCIndexResponse = await this.client.handshake(this.scVersion);
+        await this.set(fetchedConfig);
+        this.logger.log(`Configuration updated from remote`);
       }
     } catch (error) {
       const error_ = error instanceof Error ? new ConfigFetchError(error.message) : new ConfigFetchError();
-      throw error_;
+      this.logger.warn(`Failed to fetch remote configuration:`, error_);
+      throw error_; // Rethrow the error to handle it in init()
     }
   }
 
@@ -121,40 +124,33 @@ export class ConfigProvider {
 
   /**
    * Initialises the ConfigProvider
-   * @throws ConfigInitError if no configuration could be loaded.
+   * @throws ConfigInitError if no configuration could be loaded both locally and remote.
-   * @throws WrongConfigVersionInStorage if fetch failed and saved config has wrong SCVersion
    */
   async init(): Promise<void> {
-    let loadError;
-    let fetchError;
-    // load saved configuration
     try {
+      // Attempt to load the configuration from local storage
       this.config = await this.loadLocal();
       this.firstSession = false;
       this.logger.log(`initialised configuration from storage`);
+
+      // Check if the stored configuration has the correct version
       if (this.config.backend.SCVersion.split('.')[0] !== this.scVersion.split('.')[0]) {
-        loadError = new WrongConfigVersionInStorage(this.scVersion, this.config.backend.SCVersion);
+        throw new WrongConfigVersionInStorage(this.scVersion, this.config.backend.SCVersion);
       }
-    } catch (error) {
+
-      loadError = error;
+      // Fetch the remote configuration in a non-blocking manner
-    }
+      void this.fetch();
-    // fetch remote configuration from backend
+    } catch (loadError) {
-    try {
-      const fetchedConfig: SCIndexResponse = await this.fetch();
-      await this.set(fetchedConfig);
-      this.logger.log(`initialised configuration from remote`);
-    } catch (error) {
-      fetchError = error;
-    }
-    // check for occurred errors and throw them
-    if (loadError !== undefined && fetchError !== undefined) {
-      throw new ConfigInitError();
-    }
-    if (loadError !== undefined) {
       this.logger.warn(loadError);
-    }
+
-    if (fetchError !== undefined) {
+      try {
-      this.logger.warn(fetchError);
+        // If local loading fails, immediately try to fetch the configuration from remote
+        await this.fetch();
+      } catch (fetchError) {
+        this.logger.warn(`Failed to fetch remote configuration:`, fetchError);
+        // If both local loading and remote fetching fail, throw ConfigInitError
+        throw new ConfigInitError();
+      }
     }
   }