Fix builds and blank app screen #24

tillprochaska · 2022-06-24T15:36:55Z

This PR includes fixes a numer of small issues. It should build successfully again and display the UI as expected on startup.

To build the app, simply run make build. I’ve manually tested the following features:

Close #16

Otherwise the app will err on startup, as `preload.js` is referenced in when initializing the app window.

electron-builder < 23.0.3 does not work with macOS >= 12.3. Reference: electron-userland/electron-builder#6732

he Electron documentation recommends restricting access of renderer processes to Electron APIs (such as ipcRenderer.on/send) as much as possible for security reasons. See: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/ipc#2-expose-ipcrendereron-via-preload

tillprochaska added 4 commits June 23, 2022 18:01

Include preload.js in build

d8b1033

Otherwise the app will err on startup, as `preload.js` is referenced in when initializing the app window.

Fix IPC communication between renderer and main processes

b13980d

Update electron-builder

8f83abd

electron-builder < 23.0.3 does not work with macOS >= 12.3. Reference: electron-userland/electron-builder#6732

tillprochaska requested a review from Rosencrantz June 24, 2022 15:36

Rosencrantz and others added 3 commits June 28, 2022 09:58

Update react-ftm and package-lock

0fddcab

Remove the linking as part of npm install

bec0efa

Add deprecation notice

d1c40e7

Rosencrantz approved these changes Jun 29, 2022

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Rosencrantz merged commit 4374ea2 into master Jun 30, 2022

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