Merge pull request #4000 from balena-io/switch-to-electron-remote

Switch to `@electron/remote`
2025-07-23 11:16:39 +00:00 · 2023-02-02 20:26:02 +02:00 · 2023-02-02 20:26:02 +02:00 · e6182ff807
commit e6182ff807
parent cbb4810260 7ee174edce
12 changed files with 57 additions and 259 deletions
--- a/lib/gui/app/app.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/app.ts
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 */

 import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
 import * as sdk from 'etcher-sdk';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import outdent from 'outdent';
@ -327,8 +328,8 @@ window.addEventListener('beforeunload', async (event) => {
 			});

 			// This circumvents the 'beforeunload' event unlike
-			// electron.remote.app.quit() which does not.
-			electron.remote.process.exit(EXIT_CODES.SUCCESS);
+			// remote.app.quit() which does not.
+			remote.process.exit(EXIT_CODES.SUCCESS);
 		}

 		analytics.logEvent('Close rejected while flashing', {
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/safe-webview/safe-webview.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/safe-webview/safe-webview.tsx
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 */

 import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as React from 'react';

@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 		this.didFailLoad = _.bind(this.didFailLoad, this);
 		this.didGetResponseDetails = _.bind(this.didGetResponseDetails, this);
 		// Make a persistent electron session for the webview
-		this.session = electron.remote.session.fromPartition(ELECTRON_SESSION, {
+		this.session = remote.session.fromPartition(ELECTRON_SESSION, {
 			// Disable the cache for the session such that new content shows up when refreshing
 			cache: false,
 		});
--- a/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ export const DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 480;
 * NOTE: We use the remote property when this module
 * is loaded in the Electron's renderer process
 */
-const app = electron.app || electron.remote.app;
-
-const USER_DATA_DIR = app.getPath('userData');
-
-const CONFIG_PATH = join(USER_DATA_DIR, 'config.json');
+function getConfigPath() {
+	const app = electron.app || require('@electron/remote').app;
+	return join(app.getPath('userData'), 'config.json');
+}

 async function readConfigFile(filename: string): Promise<_.Dictionary<any>> {
 	let contents = '{}';
@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ async function readConfigFile(filename: string): Promise<_.Dictionary<any>> {

 // exported for tests
 export async function readAll() {
-	return await readConfigFile(CONFIG_PATH);
+	return await readConfigFile(getConfigPath());
 }

 // exported for tests
@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ export async function set(
 	const previousValue = settings[key];
 	settings[key] = value;
 	try {
-		await writeConfigFileFn(CONFIG_PATH, settings);
+		await writeConfigFileFn(getConfigPath(), settings);
 	} catch (error: any) {
 		// Revert to previous value if persisting settings failed
 		settings[key] = previousValue;
--- a/lib/gui/app/os/dialog.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/os/dialog.ts
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 */

 import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';

 import * as errors from '../../../shared/errors';
@ -63,10 +64,9 @@ export async function selectImage(): Promise<string | undefined> {
 			},
 		],
 	};
-	const currentWindow = electron.remote.getCurrentWindow();
-	const [file] = (
-		await electron.remote.dialog.showOpenDialog(currentWindow, options)
-	).filePaths;
+	const currentWindow = remote.getCurrentWindow();
+	const [file] = (await remote.dialog.showOpenDialog(currentWindow, options))
+		.filePaths;
 	return file;
 }

@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export async function showWarning(options: {
 	);
 	const BUTTON_REJECTION_INDEX = _.indexOf(BUTTONS, options.rejectionLabel);

-	const { response } = await electron.remote.dialog.showMessageBox(
-		electron.remote.getCurrentWindow(),
+	const { response } = await remote.dialog.showMessageBox(
+		remote.getCurrentWindow(),
 		{
 			type: 'warning',
 			buttons: BUTTONS,
@ -113,5 +113,5 @@ export async function showWarning(options: {
 export function showError(error: Error) {
 	const title = errors.getTitle(error);
 	const message = errors.getDescription(error);
-	electron.remote.dialog.showErrorBox(title, message);
+	remote.dialog.showErrorBox(title, message);
 }
--- a/lib/gui/app/os/notification.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/os/notification.ts
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 * limitations under the License.
 */

-import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as remote from '@electron/remote';

 import * as settings from '../models/settings';

@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export async function send(title: string, body: string, icon: string) {
 	}

 	// `app.dock` is only defined in OS X
-	if (electron.remote.app.dock) {
-		electron.remote.app.dock.bounce();
+	if (remote.app.dock) {
+		remote.app.dock.bounce();
 	}

 	return new window.Notification(title, { body, icon });
--- a/lib/gui/app/os/window-progress.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/os/window-progress.ts
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 * limitations under the License.
 */

-import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as remote from '@electron/remote';

 import { percentageToFloat } from '../../../shared/utils';
 import { FlashState, titleFromFlashState } from '../modules/progress-status';
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function getWindowTitle(state?: FlashState) {
 * @description
 * We expose this property to `this` for testability purposes.
 */
-export const currentWindow = electron.remote.getCurrentWindow();
+export const currentWindow = remote.getCurrentWindow();

 /**
 * @summary Set operating system window progress
--- a/lib/gui/etcher.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/etcher.ts
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 */

 import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as remoteMain from '@electron/remote/main';
 import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { platform } from 'os';
@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ const packageUpdatable = updatablePackageTypes.includes(packageType);
 let packageUpdated = false;
 let mainWindow: any = null;

+remoteMain.initialize();
+
 async function checkForUpdates(interval: number) {
 	// We use a while loop instead of a setInterval to preserve
 	// async execution time between each function call
@ -48,8 +51,8 @@ async function checkForUpdates(interval: number) {
 			try {
 				const release = await autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
 				const isOutdated =
-					semver.compare(release.updateInfo.version, version) > 0;
-				const shouldUpdate = release.updateInfo.stagingPercentage !== 0; // undefinded (default) means 100%
+					semver.compare(release!.updateInfo.version, version) > 0;
+				const shouldUpdate = release!.updateInfo.stagingPercentage !== 0; // undefinded (default) means 100%
 				if (shouldUpdate && isOutdated) {
 					await autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
 					packageUpdated = true;
--- a/lib/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/utils.ts
@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ export async function delay(duration: number): Promise<void> {
 }

 export function getAppPath(): string {
-	const { app, remote } = require('electron');
 	return (
-		(app || remote.app)
+		(require('electron').app || require('@electron/remote').app)
 			.getAppPath()
 			// With macOS universal builds, getAppPath() returns the path to an app.asar file containing an index.js file which will
 			// include the app-x64 or app-arm64 folder depending on the arch.
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@ -7342,157 +7342,31 @@
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+          "version": "1.2.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@electron/remote/-/remote-1.2.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-PfnXpQGWh4vpX866NNucJRnNOzDRZcsLcLaT32fUth9k0hccsohfxprqEDYLzRg+ZK2xRrtyUN5wYYoHimMCJg==",
+          "dev": true
+        },
        "@sindresorhus/is": {
          "version": "4.6.0",
          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sindresorhus/is/-/is-4.6.0.tgz",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
    "sanity-checks": "bash scripts/ci/ensure-all-file-extensions-in-gitattributes.sh",
    "start": "./node_modules/.bin/electron .",
    "test-macos": "npm run lint && npm run test-gui && npm run test-shared && npm run test-spectron && npm run sanity-checks",
-    "test-gui": "electron-mocha --recursive --reporter spec --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts --full-trace --no-sandbox --renderer tests/gui/**/*.ts",
+    "test-gui": "electron-mocha --recursive --reporter spec --window-config tests/gui/window-config.json --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts --full-trace --no-sandbox --renderer tests/gui/**/*.ts",
    "test-linux": "npm run lint && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-gui && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-shared && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-spectron && npm run sanity-checks",
    "test-shared": "electron-mocha --recursive --reporter spec --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts --full-trace --no-sandbox tests/shared/**/*.ts",
    "test-spectron": "mocha --recursive --reporter spec --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts tests/spectron/runner.spec.ts",
@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  "devDependencies": {
    "@balena/lint": "5.4.2",
    "@balena/sudo-prompt": "9.2.1-workaround-windows-amperstand-in-username-0849e215b947987a643fe5763902aea201255534",
+    "@electron/remote": "^1.2.2",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "5.15.4",
    "@sentry/electron": "^4.1.2",
    "@svgr/webpack": "5.5.0",
@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
    "debug": "4.3.4",
    "electron": "^13.6.9",
    "electron-builder": "^23.6.0",
-    "electron-mocha": "9.3.3",
+    "electron-mocha": "^10.1.0",
    "electron-notarize": "1.2.2",
    "electron-rebuild": "3.2.3",
    "electron-updater": "5.3.0",
--- a/tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts
+++ b/tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts
@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-var-requires
 const { app } = require('electron');
+
 if (app !== undefined) {
+	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-var-requires
+	require('@electron/remote/main').initialize();
+
 	app.allowRendererProcessReuse = false;
 }
--- a/tests/gui/window-config.json
+++ b/tests/gui/window-config.json
@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "webPreferences": {
+    "enableRemoteModule": true
+  }
+}