Desktop mode

[thedoublejay]

What would you like to be added:

We would like to have a light wallet desktop app that can be installed on Windows, Mac and Linux. Light wallet means it doesn't need to run a full node (like our existing desktop wallet) but use APIs from whale to do transactions. As a first iteration, we will only support light mode but in the future we can have a full node version as well.

It should share state and architecture with the mobile app. The only difference would be in terms of UI state. While there are solutions out there to provide easier portability between mobile and desktop, it might cause more harm in the future. Features not existing, lots of hacks and gotcha to add (if desktop, if mobile etc.).

Acceptance Criteria:

Setup and Workflows

• Create desktop structure with Electron #864
• CI to build binaries on PR to main #865
• Create a release workflow for binaries #866
• Binaries signing #867
• Unit and E2E tests #869
• Lint #868

Features

• Auto updater #904
• Generate log files #870
• Side Nav - App version #871
• Side Nav - Network name #872
• Side Nav - Unlink wallet #873
• Side Nav - Menu #874
• About Page #875
• Settings Page #876
• Translations #877
• Theme (Light/Dark Mode) #879
• Network Details Screen #880
• Language Selector #881
• Recovery Words #882
• Network Selector #883
• Splash Screen #884
• Welcome Page #885
• Create Wallet - Guidelines #886
• Create Wallet - 24 Words display #887
• Create Wallet - Verify Words #888
• Create Wallet - Passphrase #889
• Restore Wallet #891
• Restore Wallet - Passphrase #890
• Update passphrase #892
• Auto-lock of wallet #893
• Unlock via Passphrase #894
• Balances Screen #895
• Token Detail Screen #896
• Receive Screen #897
• Convert Screen #898
• DEX Screen #900
• Add Liquidity Screen #899
• Remove Liquidity Screen #901
• Pool Swap Screen #902
• Transactions #903
• Highlight differences between current full node desktop app vs light wallet

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[thedoublejay]

@jtlntno-cake We would also want to put some disclaimer/copy on some parts of the app that it's a light wallet and there are differences between the full node wallet. Like:

• No .dat file
• No import/export or backup
• Restore recovery words only from Mobile wallet
• No snapshots
• No syncing needed
• No blockchain state

[jtlntno-des]

@thedoublejay here's a rough initial design for our responsive grid in desktop light wallet. As it stands, we have the minimum size of 768px (to cater for tablet-portrait) but we can have the default size as 1024px.

With this, we can start laying out the components as what we have from the mobile light wallet.

Let me know your thoughts or add comments on Figma.