Electron: Fixes #312 (maybe): Removed power saving feature, which wasn\'t doing anything and added a possible fix to the UI freezing issue on Linux

ElectronClient/app/app.js

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication {
 	constructor() {
 		super();
 		this.lastMenuScreen_ = null;
-		this.powerSaveBlockerId_ = null;
 	}
 
 	hasGui() {
@@ -221,17 +220,6 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication {
 			Setting.setValue('sidebarVisibility', newState.sidebarVisibility);
 		}
 
-		if (action.type === 'SYNC_STARTED') {
-			if (!this.powerSaveBlockerId_) this.powerSaveBlockerId_ = bridge().powerSaveBlockerStart('prevent-app-suspension');
-		}
-
-		if (action.type === 'SYNC_COMPLETED') {
-			if (this.powerSaveBlockerId_) {
-				bridge().powerSaveBlockerStop(this.powerSaveBlockerId_);
-				this.powerSaveBlockerId_ = null;
-			}
-		}
-
 		return result;
 	}
 
@@ -741,8 +729,6 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication {
 			ids: Setting.value('collapsedFolderIds'),
 		});
 
-		if (shim.isLinux()) bridge().setAllowPowerSaveBlockerToggle(true);
-
 		// Note: Auto-update currently doesn't work in Linux: it downloads the update
 		// but then doesn't install it on exit.
 		if (shim.isWindows() || shim.isMac()) {

ElectronClient/app/bridge.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const { _, setLocale } = require('lib/locale.js');
 const { dirname } = require('lib/path-utils.js');
 const { Logger } = require('lib/logger.js');
-const { powerSaveBlocker } = require('electron');
 
 class Bridge {
 
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ class Bridge {
 		this.electronWrapper_ = electronWrapper;
 		this.autoUpdateLogger_ = null;
 		this.lastSelectedPath_ = null;
-		this.allowPowerSaveBlockerToggle_ = false;
 	}
 
 	electronApp() {
@@ -24,10 +22,6 @@ class Bridge {
 		return this.electronWrapper_.window();
 	}
 
-	setAllowPowerSaveBlockerToggle(v) {
-		this.allowPowerSaveBlockerToggle_ = v;
-	}
-
 	windowContentSize() {
 		if (!this.window()) return { width: 0, height: 0 };
 		const s = this.window().getContentSize();
@@ -126,19 +120,7 @@ class Bridge {
 		const { checkForUpdates } = require('./checkForUpdates.js');
 		checkForUpdates(inBackground, window, logFilePath);
 	}
-
-	powerSaveBlockerStart(type) {
-		if (!this.allowPowerSaveBlockerToggle_) return null;
-		console.info('Enable powerSaveBlockerStart: ' + type);
-		return powerSaveBlocker.start(type);
-	}
-
-	powerSaveBlockerStop(id) {
-		if (!this.allowPowerSaveBlockerToggle_) return null;
-		console.info('Disable powerSaveBlocker: ' + id);
-		return powerSaveBlocker.stop(id);
-	}
-
+	
 }
 
 let bridge_ = null;

ElectronClient/app/gui/SideBar.jsx

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const { bridge } = require("electron").remote.require("./bridge");
 const Menu = bridge().Menu;
 const MenuItem = bridge().MenuItem;
 const InteropServiceHelper = require("../InteropServiceHelper.js");
+const { shim } = require('lib/shim');
 
 class SideBarComponent extends React.Component {
 
@@ -178,6 +179,35 @@ class SideBarComponent extends React.Component {
 		return style;
 	}
 
+	clearForceUpdateDuringSync() {
+		if (this.forceUpdateDuringSyncIID_) {
+			clearInterval(this.forceUpdateDuringSyncIID_);
+			this.forceUpdateDuringSyncIID_ = null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
+		if (shim.isLinux()) {
+			// For some reason, the UI seems to sleep in some Linux distro during
+			// sync. Cannot find the reason for it and cannot replicate, so here
+			// as a test force the update at regular intervals. 
+			// https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/312#issuecomment-429472193
+			if (!prevProps.syncStarted && this.props.syncStarted) {
+				this.clearForceUpdateDuringSync();
+
+				this.forceUpdateDuringSyncIID_ = setInterval(() => {
+					this.forceUpdate();
+				}, 2000);
+			}
+
+			if (prevProps.syncStarted && !this.props.syncStarted) this.clearForceUpdateDuringSync();
+		}	
+	}
+
+	componentWillUnmount() {
+		this.clearForceUpdateDuringSync();
+	}
+
 	itemContextMenu(event) {
 		const itemId = event.target.getAttribute("data-id");
 		if (itemId === Folder.conflictFolderId()) return;