Edit Infobox Switch Homebrews: NXUpdateTracker Switch

You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Users, Administrators.

Title:
Image:	Upload file
Description:
Author(s):
Last Updated:
Contributor(s):
Ported by:
Type:
Version:
License:
Language(s):
Format:
Download:
Download Raw:
Website:
Source:
Discussion:
Donation:

Free text:

NXUpdateTracker is a local HTML page that helps you track the version numbers of [Switch] homebrew applications. You can try the demo version [https://f-l-a.github.io/NXUpdateTracker/ here]. ==Features== * Lists the latest version number of the supported homebrews. * Loads the currently installed version number from a JSON file hosted on GitHub, like [https://github.com/F-l-a/FlaSwitch/blob/main/Versions.json this]. * Compares the installed and the latest version numbers, with the possibility to only list the outdated apps that have an update available. * Updates the installed version numbers modifying the JSON directly from the app. * Hide/Show the homebrews you prefer. * Lists some important files needed by the apps to work properly. * Accessible everywhere: .nro version for the switch, standalone .html version for every browser. * Customizable: you can modify the html to include other apps/assets/links. * Does NOT install the updates itself, nor it downloads them. ==Installation== How to install: *Download [https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker/releases/latest NXUpdateTracker.zip] from the latest release. *Extract NXUpdateTracker.zip and copy its contents inside the root of your SD card. *To use all the functions of the app, you need to modify /switch/NXUpdateTracker/githubInfo.ini. [https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker/wiki/Usage-Guide See usage]. How to update: * Make a backup of the /switch/NXUpdateTracker/githubInfo.ini file contents. * Download [https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker/releases/latest NXUpdateTracker.zip] from the latest release. * Extract NXUpdateTracker.zip and copy its contents inside the root of your SD card. Overwrite the previous files if needed. * Reinsert the info back into /switch/NXUpdateTracker/githubInfo.ini. Folder structure: sd:\ |-switch\ | |-NXUpdateTracker\ | | |-githubInfo.ini | | |-NXUpdateTracker.nro ==User guide== The application operates through a simple HTML, JavaScript (JS), and CSS page, which is accessible via the Nintendo Switch's web applet. The HTML page is hosted locally using Mongoose, creating a local web server. This page comprises tables listing various applications, each associated with two version numbers – one for the latest available version and another for the installed version. The latest version is fetched directly from GitHub's official repository, while the installed version is retrieved from a JSON file hosted in a user's GitHub repository. Each user needs to create their repository, and a guide on how to do so is available [https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker/wiki/Usage-Guide here]. Example githubInfo.ini content (this is only an example. use your own info): API_TOKEN = qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm1234567890 OWNER = F-l-a REPO = NXUpdateTracker FILE_PATH = Versions.json Upon booting the Switch, the app writes the necessary files (HTML, JS) to sdmc:/switch/NXUpdateTracker/, which becomes the server's root folder. These required files are sourced from romfs:/webapp/ and are hardcoded within the .nro. To prevent overwriting existing files, create an empty file named .keep inside /switch/NXUpdateTracker/. ==Screenshots== https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/nxupdatetrackerswitch-01.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/nxupdatetrackerswitch-02.png ==Changelog== '''v2.0''' *A function to hide/show the homebrews. You can save the configuration on your Github repo: follow the Update Guide [https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker/wiki/Installation-Guide#update-guide here]. You also need to add a new Visibility.json file to your repo: follow STEP 7 [https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker/wiki/%5BUSAGE-GUIDE%5D-How-to-create-a-Github-repository here]. *Some code reorganization *Google Drive links got removed for security reasons '''v1.0''' * First Release. ==Credits== I would like to thank these people who gave me the possibility to bring this project to you: * switchbrew for [[Libnx Switch]] * BernardoGiordano for [https://github.com/BernardoGiordano/nx-spa nx-spa], the project I partially used as a reference for mine. I used his approach to open a web server with Mongoose and I used some of his files for some parts of the process * F-l-a ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfF3bThOW0Q me]) for the html and javascript (and some c++) parts. I learned a lot doing this (and spending half the time on some stupid things because I couldn't get it to work. But that's what the game is about, right?) == External links == * GitHub - https://github.com/F-l-a/NXUpdateTracker * GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/nxupdatetracker.640650/

Summary:

Cancel