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[Feature request] Add multiversion/beta support

Open guppy42 opened this issue 7 years ago • 2 comments

Before the new install script of apk-download we could have multiple launchers in seperate folders allowing us to test out different version ( ie beta, an known stable, etc )

Bringing back this feature would be nice - maybe a launch option telling mcpelauncher where to look ? --prefix=~/.local/share/mcpelauncher-beta/ --use-apk=apkfile

you would still need to keep multiple copies of mcpelauncher itself around as it tends not to be backward or forwards compatible, but that is really a very minor issue.

guppy42 avatar Oct 30 '17 07:10 guppy42

You could use XDG_DATA_HOME env variable to change the storage dir for now, but I'll add this soon as well.

MCMrARM avatar Nov 04 '17 13:11 MCMrARM

I'm using XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/guppy42/tmp/minecraftbeta/ mcpelauncher setup for the beta - it works.. but it would be nice if it only downloaded a new apk if there was a version newer than the current one I know I could just have 2 shortcuts, but it would make life a litte easier - Something to think about

guppy42 avatar Nov 22 '17 18:11 guppy42