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angular-cli Electron configuration
const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')
// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
let win
function createWindow () {
// Create the browser window.
win = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})
// and load the index.html of the app.
win.loadURL(url.format({
pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'),
protocol: 'file:',
slashes: true
}))
// Open the DevTools when in dev mode.
if(process.env.NODE_ENV=='development')
win.webContents.openDevTools()
// Emitted when the window is closed.
win.on('closed', () => {
// Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
// in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
// when you should delete the corresponding element.
win = null
})
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.on('ready', createWindow)
// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
// On macOS it is common for applications and their menu bar
// to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
app.quit()
}
})
app.on('activate', () => {
// On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (win === null) {
createWindow()
}
})
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')
// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
let win
function createWindow () {
setTimeout(() => {
// Create the browser window.
win = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})
// and load the index.html of the app.
win.loadURL(url.format({
pathname: 'localhost:4200',
protocol: 'http:',
slashes: true
}))
// Open the DevTools when in dev mode.
if(process.env.NODE_ENV=='development')
win.webContents.openDevTools()
// Emitted when the window is closed.
win.on('closed', () => {
// Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
// in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
// when you should delete the corresponding element.
win = null
})
}, 12000)
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.on('ready', createWindow)
// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
// On macOS it is common for applications and their menu bar
// to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
app.quit()
}
})
app.on('activate', () => {
// On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (win === null) {
createWindow()
}
})
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HelloElectron</title>
<!-- MODIFIED LINE -->
<base href="./">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">
</head>
<body>
<app-root>Loading...</app-root>
</body>
</html>
yarn global add @angular/cli
yarn add -D webpack html-webpack-plugin extract-text-webpack-plugin postcss-url @ngtools/webpack electron @types/electron copy-webpack-plugin karma-electron concurrently electron-packager
...
module.exports = function (config) {
config.set({
...
plugins: [
require('karma-jasmine'),
// MODIFIED LINE
require('karma-electron'),
...
],
...
// MODIFIED LINE
browsers: ['Electron'],
// INSERTED LINES
client: {
useIframe: false
},
...
});
};
{
...
"main": "dist/entry.js",
...
"scripts": {
"run": "electron .",
"start": "concurrently \"webpack-dev-server --port=4200\" \"electron src/entry.live.js\"",
"ng": "ng",
"build": "webpack",
"test": "karma start ./karma.conf.js",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "protractor ./protractor.conf.js",
"prepree2e": "npm start",
"pree2e": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false --quiet",
"package:linux": "electron-packager . $npm_package_name-$npm_package_version --ignore=src --ignore=node_modules --ignore=e2e --ignore=.*\\.conf\\.js --ignore=\"(angular-cli|tsconfig)\\.json\" --ignore=webpack.*\\.js --out=packages --platform=linux --arch=all --overwrite",
"package:mac": "electron-packager . $npm_package_name-$npm_package_version --ignore=src --ignore=node_modules --ignore=e2e --ignore=.*\\.conf\\.js --ignore=\"(angular-cli|tsconfig)\\.json\" --ignore=webpack.*\\.js --out=packages --platform=darwin --arch=all --overwrite ",
"package:win": "electron-packager . $npm_package_name-$npm_package_version --ignore=src --ignore=node_modules --ignore=e2e --ignore=.*\\.conf\\.js --ignore=\"(angular-cli|tsconfig)\\.json\" --ignore=webpack.*\\.js --out=packages --platform=win32 --arch=all --overwrite ",
"package:all": "electron-packager . $npm_package_name-$npm_package_version --ignore=src --ignore=node_modules --ignore=e2e --ignore=.*\\.conf\\.js --ignore=\"(angular-cli|tsconfig)\\.json\" --ignore=webpack.*\\.js --out=packages --all --overwrite"
},
...
}
...
// modified line, previously: import 'zone.js/dist/zone';
import 'zone.js/dist/zone-mix'; // Included with Angular CLI.
...
...
exports.config = {
...
capabilities: {
// INSERTED LINES
chromeOptions: {
binary: './node_modules/electron/dist/electron',
args: ['--test-type=webdriver']
},
'browserName': 'chrome'
},
...
};
{
...
"compilerOptions": {
...
"typeRoots": [
"../node_modules/@types"
],
"types": [
"node"
]
},
...
}
{
...
"compilerOptions": {
...
"typeRoots": [
"../node_modules/@types"
],
...
}
}
{
...
"compilerOptions": {
...
"typeRoots": [
"../node_modules/@types"
],
...
}
}
const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
const path = require('path');
const ProgressPlugin = require('webpack/lib/ProgressPlugin');
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
const ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
const postcssUrl = require('postcss-url');
const { NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin, LoaderOptionsPlugin } = require('webpack');
const { GlobCopyWebpackPlugin, BaseHrefWebpackPlugin } = require('@angular/cli/plugins/webpack');
const { CommonsChunkPlugin } = require('webpack').optimize;
const { AotPlugin } = require('@ngtools/webpack');
const nodeModules = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules');
const entryPoints = ["inline","polyfills","sw-register","styles","vendor","main"];
const baseHref = "";
const deployUrl = "";
module.exports = {
// INSERTED LINE
"target": "electron-renderer",
...
"plugins": [
...
// INSERTED LINES
new CopyWebpackPlugin([{
context: path.resolve(__dirname, "src"),
from: "entry.js"
}]),
...
],
// MODIFIED LINES
"node": {
"fs": false,
"global": false,
"crypto": false,
"tls": false,
"net": false,
"process": false,
"module": false,
"clearImmediate": false,
"setImmediate": false,
"Buffer": false,
"__filename": false,
"__dirname": false
}
};
@toddboyd
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This is very helpful. Thanks!

@AlwinZamorins
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Thanks Buddy 👍

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