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Electron Window does not open, but doesn't show any errors – Shopify

Context: I have seen this question but it does not solve my issue.

When I try running my electron app, I receive no errors and it seems like it compiles, but the electron window does not pop up.

Response:

Date: 2019-05-08T03:02:22.036Z
Hash: 3303fd48d099a538493f
Time: 13840ms
chunk {0} runtime.26209474bfa8dc87a77c.js (runtime) 1.41 kB [entry] 
[rendered]
chunk {1} es2015-polyfills.c5dd28b362270c767b34.js (es2015-polyfills) 
56.4 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {2} main.8b6835f39caf5eafd09d.js (main) 276 kB [initial] 
[rendered]
chunk {3} polyfills.8bbb231b43165d65d357.js (polyfills) 41 kB [initial] 
[rendered]
chunk {4} styles.3ff695c00d717f2d2a11.css (styles) 0 bytes [initial] 
[rendered]

^Seems like a completely normal response

Soon after, it exits without showing any error codes.

Main File:

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require ('electron')

let win;

function createWindow() {
    //Create the browser window
    win = new BrowserWindow({
        width: 600,
        height: 600,
        backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
        //icon: 'file:///' + __dirname + '/dist/assets/favicon.ico'
    })

    win.loadURL('file:///' + __dirname + '/index.html')
    win.on('close', function() {
        win = null
    })
}

// Create window on electron intialization
app.on('ready', createWindow)

//Quit when all windows are closed
app.on('window-all-closed', function(){

    // On macOS specific close process
    if(process.platform !== 'darwin'){
        app.quit()
    }
})

app.on('activate', function(){
    //macOS specific close process
    if(win === null){
        createWindow()
    }
})

HTML File:

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>Bot</title>
      <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></app-root>
    </body>
    </html>

Package.json File:

{
  "name": "shopify-bot",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "license": "MIT",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e",
    "electron": "electron .",
    "electron-build": "ng build --prod"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/common": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/core": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/forms": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/router": "~7.2.0",
    "core-js": "^2.5.4",
    "node-html-parser": "^1.1.15",
    "rxjs": "~6.3.3",
    "tslib": "^1.9.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.8.26"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^0.13.9",
    "@angular/cli": "~7.3.8",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~7.2.0",
    "@angular/language-service": "~7.2.0",
    "@types/jasmine": "~2.8.8",
    "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
    "@types/node": "~8.9.4",
    "codelyzer": "~4.5.0",
    "electron": "^5.0.1",
    "jasmine-core": "~2.99.1",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
    "karma": "~4.0.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~2.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.2",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "protractor": "~5.4.0",
    "ts-node": "~7.0.0",
    "tslint": "~5.11.0",
    "typescript": "~3.2.2"
  }
}

I’m pretty new to angular, so any help would be appreciated!

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Answers


  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
    0

    I figured out my error. I was essentially following a guide from this outdated YouTube video which lost support after Angular 4. I read and followed the instructions from this article and was finally able to open a window.


  2. 0

    Try to replace your win.loadURL with:

    win.loadURL(url.format({
            pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'dist/index.html'),
            protocol: 'file:'
}));

    Two main points:

    • Using protocol: 'file:';
    • Load index from dist folder
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