- Create build-electron.sh script following build-android.sh patterns
- Add support for multiple build modes: dev, package, appimage, deb
- Implement comprehensive error handling with specific exit codes
- Add proper logging and step-by-step build process tracking
- Include built-in help system and verbose logging options
Build Script Features:
- Development builds that compile and launch Electron app
- Package builds for creating distributable applications
- Support for AppImage and Debian package generation
- Automatic cleanup of previous builds and artifacts
- TypeScript compilation with proper error handling
- Capacitor sync and asset generation integration
NPM Script Integration:
- Add build:electron for development builds
- Add build:electron:package for distributable packages
- Add build:electron:appimage for AppImage packages
- Add build:electron:deb for Debian packages
- Add clean:electron for build artifact cleanup
Common Utilities Enhancement:
- Extend setup_build_env() to support 'electron' build type
- Configure proper environment variables for Electron builds
- Maintain consistency with existing build infrastructure
This provides a complete, automated build solution for Electron
that matches the quality and functionality of the Android build
system, enabling reliable cross-platform desktop application builds.
- Create build-electron.sh script following build-android.sh patterns
- Add support for multiple build modes: dev, package, appimage, deb
- Implement comprehensive error handling with specific exit codes
- Add proper logging and step-by-step build process tracking
- Include built-in help system and verbose logging options
Build Script Features:
- Development builds that compile and launch Electron app
- Package builds for creating distributable applications
- Support for AppImage and Debian package generation
- Automatic cleanup of previous builds and artifacts
- TypeScript compilation with proper error handling
- Capacitor sync and asset generation integration
NPM Script Integration:
- Add build:electron for development builds
- Add build:electron:package for distributable packages
- Add build:electron:appimage for AppImage packages
- Add build:electron:deb for Debian packages
- Add clean:electron for build artifact cleanup
Common Utilities Enhancement:
- Extend setup_build_env() to support 'electron' build type
- Configure proper environment variables for Electron builds
- Maintain consistency with existing build infrastructure
This provides a complete, automated build solution for Electron
that matches the quality and functionality of the Android build
system, enabling reliable cross-platform desktop application builds.
- Fixed TypeScript configuration in electron/tsconfig.json:
* Added skipLibCheck: true to resolve node_modules type conflicts
* Added allowSyntheticDefaultImports for better module compatibility
* Disabled strict mode to avoid unnecessary type errors
* Updated TypeScript version to ~5.2.2 for consistency
- Resolved SQLite plugin configuration issue:
* Changed plugin key from 'SQLite' to 'CapacitorSQLite' in capacitor.config.json
* This fixes 'Cannot read properties of undefined (reading electronIsEncryption)' error
* All 45+ SQLite plugin methods now properly registered and available
- Added Electron development scripts:
* electron-dev.sh for streamlined development workflow
* setup-electron.sh for initial Electron environment setup
- Electron app now starts successfully without TypeScript compilation errors
- SQLite plugin fully functional with proper configuration access
Status: Electron platform now working for TimeSafari development
- Add electron platform section to capacitor.config.json
- Configure deep linking with timesafari:// scheme
- Set up build options for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Configure output directory and file inclusion
- Add platform-specific build targets (DMG, NSIS, AppImage)
- Support both x64 and arm64 architectures for macOS
- Set appropriate app categories for each platform
This enables building TimeSafari as a native desktop application
using Capacitor's Electron platform while maintaining existing
mobile and web functionality.
- Replace manual CSS injection hack with Vite plugin
- Configure Vite to handle both main process and renderer builds
- Update build scripts to work with proper Vite output structure
- Remove fix-inject-css.js post-build script
- Update BUILDING.md documentation
- Add build-modernization-context.md for future reference
Technical changes:
- vite.config.electron.mts: Add electron-css-injection plugin and proper output config
- scripts/build-electron.js: Simplify to work with Vite-generated files
- BUILDING.md: Update Electron build documentation
- doc/build-modernization-context.md: Document context and decisions
Security/maintenance improvements:
- Eliminate manual file manipulation hacks
- Ensure deterministic, reproducible builds
- Centralize build logic in Vite configuration
- Improve developer experience and CI/CD compatibility
Author: Matthew Raymer
- Fix TypeScript compilation errors in platform services
- Add missing rotateCamera method and isNativeApp property
- Fix index.html path resolution for packaged Electron apps
- Create separate Vite config for Electron renderer process
- Migrate from nostr-tools to @nostr/tools via JSR for ESM compatibility
- Update all Vite configs to handle mixed npm/JSR package management
- Add comprehensive documentation in BUILDING.md
- Fix preload script path resolution in packaged builds
Resolves build failures with deep imports and missing UI in AppImage.
- Update capacitor.config.json:
- Change appId from com.brownspank.timesafari to app.timesafari
- Add server configuration with cleartext enabled
- Add plugins configuration for App URL handling
- Update script documentation paths:
- Change ./openssl_signing_console.sh to /scripts/openssl_signing_console.sh
- Change ./openssl_signing_console.rst to /doc/openssl_signing_console.rst
This change standardizes the app identifier and adds necessary
capacitor configurations for development, while also fixing script
documentation paths to use absolute references.
- Add detailed macOS build procedure for Electron app
- Include instructions for Intel and Universal builds
- Add code signing and notarization requirements
- Document running instructions for .app, .dmg, and .zip formats
- Add security warning handling instructions
- Enhance electron build configuration with proper asset handling
- Add comprehensive logging and error tracking
- Implement CSP headers for security
- Fix module exports for logger compatibility
- Update TypeScript and Vite configs for better build support
- Improve development workflow with better dev tools integration
- Change package name from app.timesafari.app to app.timesafari
- Fix ADB connection issues with server restart and retries
- Add interactive test flow with user prompts between tests
- Generate test data locally instead of external script
- Add proper cleanup of readline interface
- Fix URL scheme registration in Android manifest
Technical changes:
1. Remove duplicate SDK suppression entries
2. Update Gradle and build configurations
3. Add retry logic for flaky ADB connections
4. Add proper error handling for test data generation
5. Update all package references consistently
The changes improve Android testing by:
1. Making package naming consistent
2. Adding reliability to ADB connections
3. Adding user control over test flow
4. Providing better test progress visibility
5. Improving error handling and logging
- Improve test data generation and validation
- Add detailed logging of generated test data
- Implement robust validation of required fields
- Use ts-node script for test data generation
- Add fallback data generation with validation
- Enhance deeplink testing UX
- Add interactive prompts between tests
- Display detailed test progress and next steps
- Improve error handling and test skip logic
- Add comprehensive logging throughout test execution
- Improve DeepLinkErrorView
- Add detailed error information display
- Show debug information for parameters and queries
- Enhance UI with better styling and layout
- Add safe area spacing for iOS
- Refactor deeplink handling
- Standardize route definitions
- Improve parameter validation
- Add better error logging
* Add complete iOS platform cleanup and reset on each test run
* Implement interactive deeplink testing with keyboard controls between tests
* Add context awareness to verify app is running and in foreground
* Improve error handling and diagnostic messaging throughout
* Auto-register URL schemes and verify app state for reliable testing
Include prerequisites check for Xcode, CocoaPods and simulator availability
* Include prerequisites check for Xcode, CocoaPods and simulator availability
- Improve iOS test script with automatic simulator selection and booting
- Add URL scheme registration for handling deeplink tests
- Enhance error handling for iOS security prompts during testing
- Improve test data generation with fallback mechanisms
- Fix Xcode build command to use standard 'build' instead of 'build-for-testing'
- Add @ethersproject/wallet dependency and update package dependencies
- Add test-ios.js script for iOS build and test automation
- Add simulator detection and validation
- Add CocoaPods dependency handling
- Add iOS deeplink testing with xcrun simctl
- Add detailed build logging for iOS tests
The changes improve iOS testing by:
1. Automating iOS build and test process
2. Adding structured logging to build_logs directory
3. Supporting deeplink testing in iOS simulator
4. Validating iOS development environment
5. Matching Android test capabilities
Technical details:
- Uses xcodebuild for building and testing
- Handles simulator device detection
- Supports all deeplink test cases
- Provides detailed error reporting
- Maintains test logs for debugging
- Add build_logs directory for tracking Android build output
- Add Android generated assets to gitignore
- Improve test logging with timestamps and build context
- Add detailed error reporting for build and test failures
- Add proper cleanup of Android build artifacts
The changes improve Android testing by:
1. Tracking build history in build_logs directory
2. Providing detailed build context for debugging
3. Cleaning up generated assets properly
4. Improving error reporting and traceability
5. Adding structured logging for test execution
Added:
- build_logs/ directory for build history
- Android assets cleanup in .gitignore
- Detailed build and test logging
- Add test scripts for Android and iOS platforms
- Create prerequisite checker for mobile development setup
- Add device/simulator availability checks
- Update test-all command to include mobile tests
- Add granular test commands for web and mobile
The changes improve testing by:
1. Adding structured mobile test runners
2. Validating development environment setup
3. Separating web and mobile test flows
4. Adding device availability checks
5. Providing detailed test documentation
Added scripts:
- check-prerequisites.js: Validates dev environment
- test-android.js: Runs Android tests
- test-ios.js: Runs iOS tests
- run-available-mobile-tests.js: Smart platform detection
- Add web build prerequisite step to electron build docs
- Update electron run command to use npx
- Fix electron asset loading with improved path handling
- Add request interception for proper asset resolution
- Remove service worker files from electron build
- Improve debug logging for electron builds
- 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.
- Add extraResources config to package.json to properly include www directory
- Update path rewriting in build-electron.js to handle all asset types
- Fix modulepreload and stylesheet paths in index.html
- Improve path handling in main.js for packaged app
- Clean up file protocol handling and service worker management
This fixes the issue with assets not loading in the packaged Electron app
by ensuring all paths are correctly rewritten to reference the www directory
in the app resources.
- Add dedicated electron build scripts for each platform
- Configure Vite rollup options for electron builds
- Update electron-builder configuration with proper app metadata
- Add clean script and rimraf dependency
- Set proper appId and build settings for production builds
- Enable asar packaging for better security
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