bug: default settings don't update on updates

[Ushie]

Type

Error while running the manager

Bug description

If a default setting, like the default API URL changes in an update, installing the new update doesn't update it

Steps to reproduce

1. Install ReVanced Manager v1.6.1 (clean install)
2. Check the API URL, it should be releases.revanced.app
3. Update to ReVanced Manager v1.9.4 from https://revanced.app/download (in-app updates are broken due to releases.revanced.app not functioning)
4. Check the API URL, it should be api.revanced.app but instead it's releases.revanced.app

Acknowledgments

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[TheAabedKhan]

If we decide what the API should be, then why are we even allowing the users to modify it? If we remove the ability to modify it, then we can control it via updates.

[Ushie]

then why are we even allowing the users to modify it?

Because the entirety of ReVanced is built in a way that is independent of us, a few extra settings go a long way

[TheAabedKhan]

OK. So, updating the settings only if they are set to default, right?

[Ushie]

Yes

[Ushie]

Essentially, the API URL should be a global variable in the app, and the default value of the API URL should use that variable instead of duplicate it, if API URL is equal to the variable after transformation, it should stay a reference to the variable when applying changes

[oSumAtrIX]

A migration function has been introduced. Does this suffice?

[validcube]

🍜 This issue should been resolved by the release of v1.19.0