Socket.io live reload for Apple TV TVML app

index.js

import 'babel-polyfill';
import firstView from 'views/first';
import * as liveReload from 'lib/liveReload';

App.onLaunch((launchOptions) => {
  firstView();

  liveReload.connect(launchOptions);
});

liveReload.js

import io from 'socket.io-client';
import * as router from 'lib/router';

function resume({lastLocation}) {
  if (!lastLocation) { return; }

  router.goTo(lastLocation);
}

export function connect(launchOptions = {}) {
  const socket = io(launchOptions.BASE_URL);

  socket.on('connect', () => console.debug('Live reload: connected') );
  socket.on('compile', () => console.debug('Live reload: compiling, prepare for reload') );

  socket.on('live-reload', () => {
    App.reload({when: 'now'}, {lastLocation: router.getLocation()});
  });


  if (launchOptions.reloadData) {
    resume(launchOptions.reloadData || {});
  }
}

webpack.config.js

io = require('socket.io')(server);
io.serveClient(false);

io.on('connection', (socket) => {
  console.log('socket.io connection');

  socket.on('event', (data) => {
    console.log('socket.io data:', data);
  });

  socket.on('disconnect', () => {
    console.log('socket.io disconnect');
  });
});


config = {
  module: {
    loaders: [
      {
        test: /socket\.io\-client/,
        // socket.io-client requires the window object, and navigator.userAgent to be present.
        // use webpack to shim these into socket.io
        loader: `imports?window=>{},navigator=>{userAgent: 'tvos'}`,
      },
    ]
  },
  plugins: [
    function() {
    this.plugin('compile', function() {
      io.emit('compile');
    });

    this.plugin('done', function() {
      io.emit('live-reload');
    });
    },
  ],

}

@josh ; thanks for the gist!

socket.io
I'm a bit struggling to get the socket.io-client working.

I think I successfully loaded it with the import, but once I start using it I'm hitting more 'unknown' elements:

• location seems to be missing
• document seems to be missing

did you experience the same issues? or where the window & navigator the only shims needed

nevermind , it seems I was hitting my web-pack-dev-server and that one does not have a socket.io client.
I changed the port and all is well.