Here’s another method, tested with Mac and Windows so far. Requires ‘app-root-dir’ package, doesn’t require adding anything manually to node_modules dir. Put your files under resources/$os/, where $os is either “mac”, “linux”, or “win”. The build process will copy files from those directories as per build target OS. Put extraFiles option in your build configs … Read more
By far the easiest way to use SQLite with electron is with electron-builder. First, add a postinstall step in your package.json: “scripts”: { “postinstall”: “install-app-deps” … } and then install the necessary dependencies and build: npm install –save-dev electron-builder npm install –save sqlite3 npm run postinstall electron-builder will build the native module for your platform, … Read more
Edit 2022 I’ve published a larger post on the history of Electron (how security has changed throughout Electron versions) and additional security considerations Electron developers can make to ensure the preload file is being used correctly in new apps. Edit 2020 As another user asked, let me explain my answer below. The proper way to … Read more
DOM can not be accessed in the main process, only in the renderer that it belongs to. There is an ipc module, available on main process as well as the renderer process that allows the communication between these two via sync/async messages. You also can use the remote module to call main process API from … Read more
readdir is asynchronous. It won’t get the results right away. You should use the filePaths inside the callback. The only reason why the console shows the value is because the console evaluates the array when you unfold it. When you press the little arrow on the left, put the mouse on the i box on … Read more
As of version 5, the default for nodeIntegration changed from true to false. You can enable it when creating the Browser Window: app.on(‘ready’, () => { mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, contextIsolation: false, } }); });
npm has a ignore-scripts configuration key. It’s expected value is a Boolean and it’s set to false by default. Perhaps it has inadvertently been set to true. To get/set the ignore-scripts configuration you can utilize the npm-config command: Check its current setting by running: npm config get ignore-scripts If the aforementioned command returns true then … Read more
A better and more generic solution IMO: <!– Insert this line above script imports –> <script>if (typeof module === ‘object’) {window.module = module; module = undefined;}</script> <!– normal script imports etc –> <script src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32621988/scripts/jquery.min.js”></script> <script src=”scripts/vendor.js”></script> <!– Insert this line after script imports –> <script>if (window.module) module = window.module;</script> Benefits Works for both browser and … Read more