blenderbim addon updater accommodations

Original addon updater files from https://github.com/CGCookie/blender-addon-updater (Aug 28, 2022)

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/__init__.py

@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ if sys.modules.get("bpy", None):
     # This is 3 levels deep as required by the static RPATH of ../../ from dependencies taken from Anaconda
     site.addsitedir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "libs", "site", "packages"))
 
+    import blenderbim.addon_updater_ops
     import blenderbim.bim
 
     def register():
+        blenderbim.addon_updater_ops.register(bl_info)
         blenderbim.bim.register()
 
     def unregister():

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/project/ui.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from blenderbim.bim.helper import prop_with_search
 from bpy.types import Panel, UIList
 from blenderbim.bim.ifc import IfcStore
 from blenderbim.bim.module.project.data import ProjectData
-
+import blenderbim.addon_updater_ops
 
 class BIM_PT_project(Panel):
     bl_label = "IFC Project"
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ class BIM_PT_project(Panel):
         row.operator("bim.unload_project", text="", icon="X")
 
     def draw_create_project_ui(self, context):
+        blenderbim.addon_updater_ops.check_for_update_background()
+        blenderbim.addon_updater_ops.update_notice_box_ui(self, context)
+        
         props = context.scene.BIMProperties
         pprops = context.scene.BIMProjectProperties
         prop_with_search(self.layout, pprops, "export_schema")

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/ui.py

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ from ifcopenshell.util.doc import (
     get_attribute_doc,
 )
 from . import ifc
+import blenderbim.addon_updater_ops
 import blenderbim.tool as tool
 from blenderbim.bim.helper import IfcHeaderExtractor
 from blenderbim.bim.prop import Attribute
 
-
 class IFCFileSelector:
     def is_existing_ifc_file(self, filepath=None):
         if filepath is None:
@@ -123,6 +123,40 @@ class BIM_ADDON_preferences(bpy.types.AddonPreferences):
     )
     lock_grids_on_import: BoolProperty(name="Should Lock Grids By Default", default=True)
 
+    # addon updater preferences from `__init__`, be sure to copy all of them
+    auto_check_update : bpy.props.BoolProperty(
+        name = "Auto-check for Update",
+        description = "If enabled, auto-check for updates using an interval",
+        default = False,
+    )
+
+    updater_interval_months : bpy.props.IntProperty(
+        name='Months',
+        description = "Number of months between checking for updates",
+        default=0,
+        min=0
+    )
+    updater_interval_days : bpy.props.IntProperty(
+        name='Days',
+        description = "Number of days between checking for updates",
+        default=7,
+        min=0,
+    )
+    updater_interval_hours : bpy.props.IntProperty(
+        name='Hours',
+        description = "Number of hours between checking for updates",
+        default=0,
+        min=0,
+        max=23
+    )
+    updater_interval_minutes : bpy.props.IntProperty(
+        name='Minutes',
+        description = "Number of minutes between checking for updates",
+        default=0,
+        min=0,
+        max=59
+    )
+
     def draw(self, context):
         layout = self.layout
 
@@ -187,6 +221,8 @@ class BIM_ADDON_preferences(bpy.types.AddonPreferences):
         row = layout.row()
         row.operator("bim.configure_visibility")
 
+        blenderbim.addon_updater_ops.update_settings_ui(self, context)
+
 
 def ifc_units(self, context):
     scene = context.scene