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Show a call to the main process via ipc (loadable in electron fiddle)
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
<!-- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP --> | |
<meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"> | |
<link href="./styles.css" rel="stylesheet"> | |
<title>Hello World!</title> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div id="text"></div> | |
<!-- You can also require other files to run in this process --> | |
<script src="./renderer.js"></script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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// Modules to control application life and create native browser window | |
const {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain} = require('electron') | |
const path = require('path') | |
ipcMain.handle('hello-world', () => 'Hello, world!') | |
function createWindow () { | |
// Create the browser window. | |
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ | |
width: 800, | |
height: 600, | |
webPreferences: { | |
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js') | |
} | |
}) | |
// and load the index.html of the app. | |
mainWindow.loadFile('index.html') | |
// Open the DevTools. | |
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools() | |
} | |
// 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.whenReady().then(() => { | |
createWindow() | |
app.on('activate', function () { | |
// 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 (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow() | |
}) | |
}) | |
// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common | |
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits | |
// explicitly with Cmd + Q. | |
app.on('window-all-closed', function () { | |
app.quit() | |
}) | |
// 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. |
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{ | |
"name": "funny-plane-happen-n4ozj", | |
"productName": "funny-plane-happen-n4ozj", | |
"description": "My Electron application description", | |
"keywords": [], | |
"main": "./main.js", | |
"version": "1.0.0", | |
"author": "bernard", | |
"scripts": { | |
"start": "electron ." | |
}, | |
"dependencies": {}, | |
"devDependencies": { | |
"electron": "16.0.2" | |
} | |
} |
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const { ipcRenderer, contextBridge } = require('electron'); | |
const helloWorld = () => | |
ipcRenderer.invoke("hello-world") | |
contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('helloWorldViaIpc', helloWorld) |
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window.helloWorldViaIpc().then((result) => document.getElementById("text").innerText = result) |
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/* styles.css */ | |
/* Add styles here to customize the appearance of your app */ |
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