Make the clear cache button work on desktop

Implement reload in Platforms to support matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#798 Fixes #3597
element-hq · Apr 10, 2017 · 7f6d9a6 · 7f6d9a6
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diff --git a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
@@ -139,4 +139,8 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
     requestNotificationPermission() : Promise {
         return q('granted');
     }
+
+    reload() {
+        electron.remote.getCurrentWebContents().reload();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
@@ -206,4 +206,10 @@ export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    reload() {
+        // forceReload=false since we don't really need new HTML/JS files
+        // we just need to restart the JS runtime.
+        window.location.reload(false);
+    }
 }