WIP (fix): improve electron build configuration and service worker handling

- Properly disable service workers in electron builds
- Add CSP headers for electron security
- Fix path resolution in electron context
- Improve preload script error handling and IPC setup
- Update build scripts for better electron/capacitor compatibility
- Fix router path handling in electron context
- Remove electron-builder dependency
- Streamline build process and output structure

This change improves the stability and security of electron builds while
maintaining PWA functionality in web builds. Service workers are now
properly disabled in electron context, and path resolution issues are
fixed.

BUILDING.md

@@ -46,21 +46,16 @@ To build the desktop application:
 
 1. Run the Electron build:
    ```bash
-   npm run build -- --mode electron
+   npm run build:electron
    ```
 
 2. The built files will be in `dist-electron`.
 
-3. To create installable packages:
+3. To run the desktop app:
    ```bash
-   npm run electron:build
+   electron dist-electron
    ```
 
-This will create platform-specific installers in `dist-electron-build`:
-- Windows: `.exe` installer
-- macOS: `.dmg` file
-- Linux: `.AppImage` file
-
 ## Mobile Builds (Capacitor)
 
 ### iOS Build

package.json

@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
     "prebuild": "eslint --ext .js,.ts,.vue --ignore-path .gitignore src && node sw_combine.js",
     "test-local": "npx playwright test -c playwright.config-local.ts --trace on",
     "test-all": "npm run build && npx playwright test -c playwright.config-local.ts --trace on",
-    "clean:electron": "rimraf dist-electron dist-electron-build",
+    "clean:electron": "rimraf dist-electron",
     "build:electron": "npm run clean:electron && vite build --mode electron && node scripts/build-electron.js",
     "build:capacitor": "vite build --mode capacitor",
     "build:web": "vite build",
-    "electron:build:linux": "npm run build:electron && electron-builder --linux",
+    "electron:dev": "npm run build:electron && electron dist-electron --inspect",
-    "electron:build:mac": "npm run build:electron && npx electron-builder --mac",
+    "electron:start": "electron dist-electron"
-    "electron:build:win": "npm run build:electron && npx electron-builder --win"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@capacitor/android": "^6.2.0",
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@
     "@vue/eslint-config-typescript": "^11.0.3",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.19",
     "electron": "^33.2.1",
-    "electron-builder": "^25.1.8",
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.2.1",

scripts/build-electron.js

@@ -1,61 +1,48 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 
 async function main() {
   try {
     console.log('Starting electron build process...');
-    
-    // Clean directories
-    const distElectronDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist-electron');
-    const buildDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist-electron-build');
-    await fs.emptyDir(distElectronDir);
-    await fs.emptyDir(buildDir);
-    console.log('Cleaned directories');
 
-    // First build the web app if it doesn't exist
+    // Create dist directory if it doesn't exist
-    const webDist = path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist');
+    const distElectronDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist-electron');
-    if (!await fs.pathExists(webDist)) {
+    await fs.ensureDir(distElectronDir);
-      console.log('Web dist not found, building web app first...');
-      throw new Error('Please run \'npm run build\' first to build the web app');
-    }
 
-    // Copy web files to www directory
+    // Copy web files
     const wwwDir = path.join(distElectronDir, 'www');
-    await fs.copy(webDist, wwwDir);
+    await fs.ensureDir(wwwDir);
+    await fs.copy('dist', wwwDir);
 
-    // Fix paths in index.html
+    // Copy and fix index.html
     const indexPath = path.join(wwwDir, 'index.html');
     let indexContent = await fs.readFile(indexPath, 'utf8');
+
+    // Fix paths in index.html
     indexContent = indexContent
-      // Fix absolute paths to be relative
       .replace(/src="\//g, 'src="\./')
       .replace(/href="\//g, 'href="\./')
-      // Fix relative asset paths
       .replace(/src="\.\.\/assets\//g, 'src="./www/assets/')
-      .replace(/href="\.\.\/assets\//g, 'href="./www/assets/')
+      .replace(/href="\.\.\/assets\//g, 'href="./www/assets/');
-      // Fix modulepreload paths specifically
+
-      .replace(/<link [^>]*rel="modulepreload"[^>]*href="(?!\.?\/www\/)(\/\.\/)?assets\//g, '<link rel="modulepreload" as="script" crossorigin="" href="./www/assets/')
-      .replace(/<link [^>]*rel="modulepreload"[^>]*href="(?!\.?\/www\/)(\/)?assets\//g, '<link rel="modulepreload" as="script" crossorigin="" href="./www/assets/')
-      // Fix stylesheet paths
-      .replace(/<link [^>]*rel="stylesheet"[^>]*href="(?!\.?\/www\/)(\/\.\/)?assets\//g, '<link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="" href="./www/assets/')
-      .replace(/<link [^>]*rel="stylesheet"[^>]*href="(?!\.?\/www\/)(\/)?assets\//g, '<link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="" href="./www/assets/')
-      // Fix any remaining asset paths that don't already have www
-      .replace(/(['"]\/?)((?!www\/)(assets\/))/, '"./www/assets/');
     await fs.writeFile(indexPath, indexContent);
     
     console.log('Copied and fixed web files in:', wwwDir);
 
     // Copy main process files
+    console.log('Copying main process files...');
     const mainProcessFiles = [
-      'src/electron/main.js',
+      ['src/electron/main.js', 'main.js'],
+      ['src/electron/preload.js', 'preload.js']
     ];
 
-    for (const file of mainProcessFiles) {
+    for (const [src, dest] of mainProcessFiles) {
-      const destPath = path.join(distElectronDir, path.basename(file));
+      const destPath = path.join(distElectronDir, dest);
-      await fs.copy(file, destPath);
+      console.log(`Copying ${src} to ${destPath}`);
+      await fs.copy(src, destPath);
     }
 
-    // Create the production package.json
+    // Create package.json for production
     const devPackageJson = require('../package.json');
     const prodPackageJson = {
       name: devPackageJson.name,
@@ -72,26 +59,26 @@ async function main() {
       { spaces: 2 }
     );
 
-    // Verify the structure
+    // Verify the build
     console.log('\nVerifying build structure:');
-    const printDir = async (dir, prefix = '') => {
+    const files = await fs.readdir(distElectronDir);
-      const items = await fs.readdir(dir);
+    console.log('Files in dist-electron:', files);
-      for (const item of items) {
+
-        const fullPath = path.join(dir, item);
+    if (!files.includes('main.js')) {
-        const stat = await fs.stat(fullPath);
+      throw new Error('main.js not found in build directory');
-        console.log(`${prefix}${item}${stat.isDirectory() ? '/' : ''}`);
+    }
-        if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+    if (!files.includes('preload.js')) {
-          await printDir(fullPath, `${prefix}  `);
+      throw new Error('preload.js not found in build directory');
-        }
+    }
-      }
+    if (!files.includes('package.json')) {
-    };
+      throw new Error('package.json not found in build directory');
-    await printDir(distElectronDir);
+    }
 
-    console.log('\nBuild completed successfully!');
+    console.log('Build completed successfully!');
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Build failed:', error);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }
 
-main().catch(console.error); 
+main(); 

src/electron/main.js

@@ -2,99 +2,103 @@ const { app, BrowserWindow } = require("electron");
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 
+// Check if running in dev mode
+const isDev = process.argv.includes('--inspect');
+
 function createWindow() {
+  // Add before createWindow function
+  const preloadPath = path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js');
+  console.log('Checking preload path:', preloadPath);
+  console.log('Preload exists:', fs.existsSync(preloadPath));
+
   // Create the browser window.
   const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 1200,
     height: 800,
     webPreferences: {
-      nodeIntegration: true,
+      nodeIntegration: false,
-      contextIsolation: false,
+      contextIsolation: true,
       webSecurity: true,
       allowRunningInsecureContent: false,
+      preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js')
     },
   });
 
-  // Disable service worker in Electron
+  // Debug info
-  mainWindow.webContents.session.setPermissionRequestHandler(
-    (webContents, permission, callback) => {
-      if (permission === "serviceWorker") {
-        return callback(false);
-      }
-      callback(true);
-    },
-  );
-
-  // Get the correct app path for packaged and development environments
-  const appPath = app.isPackaged ? process.resourcesPath : app.getAppPath();
-
-  // Add debug logging for paths
   console.log("Debug Info:");
+  console.log("Running in dev mode:", isDev);
   console.log("App is packaged:", app.isPackaged);
   console.log("Process resource path:", process.resourcesPath);
-  console.log("App path:", appPath);
+  console.log("App path:", app.getAppPath());
   console.log("__dirname:", __dirname);
   console.log("process.cwd():", process.cwd());
-  console.log("www path:", path.join(process.resourcesPath, "www"));
+
-  console.log(
+  const indexPath = path.join(__dirname, 'www', 'index.html');
-    "www assets path:",
+  console.log("www path:", path.join(__dirname, 'www'));
-    path.join(process.resourcesPath, "www", "assets"),
+  console.log("www assets path:", path.join(__dirname, 'www', 'assets'));
-  );
+
-
+  if (!fs.existsSync(indexPath)) {
-  // Try both possible www locations
+    console.error(`Index file not found at: ${indexPath}`);
-  const possiblePaths = [
+    throw new Error('Index file not found');
-    path.join(appPath, "www", "index.html"),
-    path.join(appPath, "..", "www", "index.html"),
-    path.join(process.resourcesPath, "www", "index.html"),
-  ];
-
-  let indexPath;
-  for (const testPath of possiblePaths) {
-    console.log("Testing path:", testPath);
-    if (fs.existsSync(testPath)) {
-      indexPath = testPath;
-      console.log("Found valid path:", indexPath);
-      break;
-    }
   }
 
+  // Set CSP headers
+  mainWindow.webContents.session.webRequest.onHeadersReceived((details, callback) => {
+    callback({
+      responseHeaders: {
+        ...details.responseHeaders,
+        'Content-Security-Policy': [
+          "default-src 'self';" +
+          "style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://fonts.googleapis.com;" +
+          "font-src 'self' https://fonts.gstatic.com;" +
+          "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline';" +
+          "img-src 'self' data: https:;"
+        ]
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   // Load the index.html
   mainWindow
     .loadFile(indexPath)
     .then(() => {
       console.log("Successfully loaded index.html");
-      // Always open DevTools in packaged app for debugging
+      if (isDev) {
-      mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
+        mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
+        console.log("DevTools opened - running in dev mode");
+      }
     })
     .catch((err) => {
       console.error("Failed to load index.html:", err);
       console.error("Attempted path:", indexPath);
     });
 
-  // Listen for page errors
-  mainWindow.webContents.on(
-    "did-fail-load",
-    (event, errorCode, errorDescription) => {
-      console.error("Page failed to load:", errorCode, errorDescription);
-    },
-  );
-
   // Listen for console messages from the renderer
   mainWindow.webContents.on("console-message", (_event, level, message) => {
     console.log("Renderer Console:", message);
   });
-}
 
-// Handle app ready
+  // Add right after creating the BrowserWindow
-app.whenReady().then(() => {
+  mainWindow.webContents.on('did-fail-load', (event, errorCode, errorDescription) => {
-  createWindow();
+    console.error('Page failed to load:', errorCode, errorDescription);
+  });
 
-  app.on("activate", () => {
+  mainWindow.webContents.on('preload-error', (event, preloadPath, error) => {
-    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
+    console.error('Preload script error:', preloadPath, error);
-      createWindow();
-    }
   });
-});
+
+  mainWindow.webContents.on('console-message', (event, level, message, line, sourceId) => {
+    console.log('Renderer Console:', message);
+  });
+
+  // Enable remote debugging when in dev mode
+  if (isDev) {
+    mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
+  }
+}
+
+// Handle app ready
+app.whenReady().then(createWindow);
 
 // Handle all windows closed
 app.on("window-all-closed", () => {
@@ -103,6 +107,12 @@ app.on("window-all-closed", () => {
   }
 });
 
+app.on("activate", () => {
+  if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
+    createWindow();
+  }
+});
+
 // Handle any errors
 process.on("uncaughtException", (error) => {
   console.error("Uncaught Exception:", error);

src/electron/preload.js

@@ -1,5 +1,55 @@
-const { contextBridge } = require("electron");
+const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron');
 
-contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("api", {
+// Use a more direct path resolution approach
-  logMessage: (message) => console.log(`[Electron]: ${message}`),
+const getPath = (pathType) => {
-});
+  switch(pathType) {
+    case 'userData':
+      return process.env.APPDATA || (
+        process.platform === 'darwin' 
+          ? `${process.env.HOME}/Library/Application Support`
+          : `${process.env.HOME}/.local/share`
+      );
+    case 'home':
+      return process.env.HOME;
+    case 'appPath':
+      return process.resourcesPath;
+    default:
+      return '';
+  }
+};
+
+console.log('Preload script starting...');
+
+try {
+  contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
+    // Path utilities
+    getPath,
+    
+    // IPC functions
+    send: (channel, data) => {
+      const validChannels = ['toMain'];
+      if (validChannels.includes(channel)) {
+        ipcRenderer.send(channel, data);
+      }
+    },
+    receive: (channel, func) => {
+      const validChannels = ['fromMain'];
+      if (validChannels.includes(channel)) {
+        ipcRenderer.on(channel, (event, ...args) => func(...args));
+      }
+    },
+    // Environment info
+    env: {
+      isElectron: true,
+      isDev: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+    },
+    // Path utilities
+    getBasePath: () => {
+      return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? '/' : './';
+    }
+  });
+
+  console.log('Preload script completed successfully');
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error('Error in preload script:', error);
+}

src/registerServiceWorker.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 
 import { register } from "register-service-worker";
 
-// NODE_ENV is "production" by default with "vite build". See https://vitejs.dev/guide/env-and-mode
+// Only register service worker if explicitly enabled and in production
-if (import.meta.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
+if (process.env.VITE_PWA_ENABLED === 'true' && process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
-  register("/sw_scripts-combined.js", {
+  register(`${process.env.BASE_URL}sw.js`, {
     ready() {
-      console.log(
+      console.log("Service worker is active.");
-        "App is being served from cache by a service worker.\n" +
-          "For more details, visit https://goo.gl/AFskqB",
-      );
     },
     registered() {
       console.log("Service worker has been registered.");
@@ -24,12 +21,12 @@ if (import.meta.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
       console.log("New content is available; please refresh.");
     },
     offline() {
-      console.log(
+      console.log("No internet connection found. App is running in offline mode.");
-        "No internet connection found. App is running in offline mode.",
-      );
     },
     error(error) {
       console.error("Error during service worker registration:", error);
-    },
+    }
   });
+} else {
+  console.log("Service worker registration skipped - not enabled or not in production");
 }

src/router/index.ts

@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ const routes: Array<RouteRecordRaw> = [
   },
 ];
 
-const isElectron = window.location.protocol === "file:"; // Check if running in Electron
+const isElectron = window.location.protocol === "file:";
 const initialPath = isElectron
-  ? window.location.pathname.replace("/dist-electron/index.html", "/")
+  ? window.location.pathname.split('/dist-electron/www/')[1] || '/'
   : window.location.pathname;
 
 const history = isElectron

src/vite.config.utils.js

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import * as path from "path";
 import { promises as fs } from "fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 export async function loadAppConfig() {
   const packageJson = await loadPackageJson();
   const appName = process.env.TIME_SAFARI_APP_TITLE || packageJson.name;
+  const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
   return {
     pwaConfig: {
-      registerType: "autoUpdate",
-      strategies: "injectManifest",
-      srcDir: ".",
-      filename: "sw_scripts-combined.js",
       manifest: {
         name: appName,
         short_name: appName,
@@ -36,34 +34,21 @@ export async function loadAppConfig() {
             sizes: "512x512",
             type: "image/png",
             purpose: "maskable",
-          },
+          }
-        ],
+        ]
-        share_target: {
+      }
-          action: "/share-target",
-          method: "POST",
-          enctype: "multipart/form-data",
-          params: {
-            files: [
-              {
-                name: "photo",
-                accept: ["image/*"],
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-        },
-      },
     },
     aliasConfig: {
-      "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "./src"),
+      "@": path.resolve(path.dirname(__dirname), "src"),
-      buffer: path.resolve(__dirname, "node_modules", "buffer"),
+      buffer: path.resolve(path.dirname(__dirname), "node_modules", "buffer"),
-      "dexie-export-import/dist/import":
+      "dexie-export-import/dist/import": "dexie-export-import/dist/import/index.js",
-        "dexie-export-import/dist/import/index.js",
+    }
-    },
   };
 }
 
 async function loadPackageJson() {
-  const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "package.json");
+  const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+  const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(path.dirname(__dirname), "package.json");
   const packageJsonData = await fs.readFile(packageJsonPath, "utf-8");
   return JSON.parse(packageJsonData);
 }

vite.config.mjs

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import vue from "@vitejs/plugin-vue";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { loadAppConfig } from "./vite.config.utils";
 import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 // Load environment variables from .env file
 dotenv.config();
 
+// Get dirname in ESM context
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
 // Load application configuration
 const appConfig = loadAppConfig();
 
@@ -15,48 +20,101 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   const isElectron = mode === "electron";
   const isCapacitor = mode === "capacitor";
 
-  // Set output directory based on build mode
+  // Completely disable PWA features for electron builds
-  const outDir = isElectron
+  if (isElectron) {
-    ? "dist-electron/www"
+    process.env.VITE_PWA_ENABLED = 'false';
-    : isCapacitor
+  }
-      ? "dist-capacitor"
-      : "dist";
 
   return {
     base: isElectron ? "./" : "/",
     server: {
       port: process.env.VITE_PORT || 8080,
+      fs: {
+        strict: false
+      }
     },
     build: {
-      outDir,
+      outDir: isElectron ? "dist-electron" : "dist",
+      assetsDir: 'assets',
       rollupOptions: {
-        ...(isElectron && {
+        external: ['electron', 'path'],
-          input: {
+        input: {
-            index: path.resolve(__dirname, 'index.html')
+          main: path.resolve(__dirname, 'index.html')
-          },
+        },
-          output: {
+        output: {
-            dir: outDir,
+          manualChunks(id) {
-            format: 'cjs',
+            if (isElectron && (
-            entryFileNames: 'assets/[name].[hash].js',
+              id.includes('registerServiceWorker') ||
-            chunkFileNames: 'assets/[name].[hash].js',
+              id.includes('register-service-worker') ||
-            assetFileNames: 'assets/[name].[hash][extname]'
+              id.includes('workbox') ||
+              id.includes('sw_scripts') ||
+              id.includes('PushNotificationPermission')
+            )) {
+              return null; // Exclude these modules completely
+            }
           }
-        })
+        }
-      }
+      },
+      chunkSizeWarningLimit: 1000
+    },
+    define: {
+      'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV),
+      'process.env.VITE_PWA_ENABLED': JSON.stringify(!isElectron),
+      __dirname: isElectron ? JSON.stringify(process.cwd()) : '""',
+      'navigator.serviceWorker': isElectron ? 'undefined' : 'navigator.serviceWorker'
     },
     plugins: [
       vue(),
-      ...(isElectron
+      {
-        ? []
+        name: 'remove-sw-imports',
-        : [
+        transform(code, id) {
-            VitePWA({
+          if (isElectron) {
-              ...appConfig.pwaConfig,
+            if (
-              disable: isElectron
+              id.includes('registerServiceWorker') ||
-            }),
+              id.includes('register-service-worker') ||
-          ]),
+              id.includes('sw_scripts') ||
+              id.includes('PushNotificationPermission') ||
+              code.includes('navigator.serviceWorker')
+            ) {
+              return {
+                code: code
+                  .replace(/import.*registerServiceWorker.*$/mg, '')
+                  .replace(/import.*register-service-worker.*$/mg, '')
+                  .replace(/navigator\.serviceWorker/g, 'undefined')
+                  .replace(/if\s*\([^)]*serviceWorker[^)]*\)\s*{[^}]*}/g, '')
+              };
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      ...(!isElectron && !isCapacitor ? [
+        VitePWA({
+          disable: true,
+          registerType: 'autoUpdate',
+          injectRegister: null,
+          workbox: {
+            cleanupOutdatedCaches: true,
+            skipWaiting: true,
+            clientsClaim: true,
+            sourcemap: true
+          },
+          manifest: appConfig.pwaConfig?.manifest,
+          devOptions: {
+            enabled: false
+          }
+        }),
+      ] : []),
     ],
     resolve: {
-      alias: appConfig.aliasConfig,
+      alias: appConfig.aliasConfig
     },
+    optimizeDeps: {
+      exclude: isElectron ? [
+        'register-service-worker',
+        'workbox-window',
+        'web-push',
+        'serviceworker-webpack-plugin'
+      ] : []
+    }
   };
 });