electron/docs/tutorial/planned-breaking-changes.md

# Planned Breaking API Changes (3.0)

The following list includes the APIs that will be removed in Electron 3.0.

There is no timetable for when this release will occur but deprecation
warnings will be added at least [one major version](electron-versioning.md#semver) beforehand.

## `app`

```js
// Deprecated
app.getAppMemoryInfo()
// Replace with
app.getAppMetrics()
```

## `BrowserWindow`

```js
// Deprecated
let optionsA = {webPreferences: {blinkFeatures: ''}}
let windowA = new BrowserWindow(optionsA)
// Replace with
let optionsB = {webPreferences: {enableBlinkFeatures: ''}}
let windowB = new BrowserWindow(optionsB)
```

## `clipboard`

```js
// Deprecated
clipboard.readRtf()
// Replace with
clipboard.readRTF()

// Deprecated
clipboard.writeRtf()
// Replace with
clipboard.writeRTF()

// Deprecated
clipboard.readHtml()
// Replace with
clipboard.readHTML()

// Deprecated
clipboard.writeHtml()
// Replace with
clipboard.writeHTML()
```

## `crashReporter`

```js
// Deprecated
crashReporter.start({
  companyName: 'Crashly',
  submitURL: 'https://crash.server.com',
  autoSubmit: true
})
// Replace with
crashReporter.start({
  companyName: 'Crashly',
  submitURL: 'https://crash.server.com',
  uploadToServer: true
})
```

## `nativeImage`

```js
// Deprecated
nativeImage.createFromBuffer(buffer, 1.0)
// Replace with
nativeImage.createFromBuffer(buffer, {
  scaleFactor: 1.0
})
```

## `screen`

```js
// Deprecated
screen.getMenuBarHeight()
// Replace with
screen.getPrimaryDisplay().workArea
```

## `session`

```js
// Deprecated
ses.setCertificateVerifyProc(function (hostname, certificate, callback) {
  callback(true)
})
// Replace with
ses.setCertificateVerifyProc(function (request, callback) {
  callback(0)
})
```

## `Tray`

```js
// Deprecated
tray.setHighlightMode(true)
// Replace with
tray.setHighlightMode('on')

// Deprecated
tray.setHighlightMode(false)
// Replace with
tray.setHighlightMode('off')
```

## `webContents`

```js
// Deprecated
webContents.openDevTools({detach: true})
// Replace with
webContents.openDevTools({mode: 'detach'})
```

## `webFrame`

```js
// Deprecated
webFrame.registerURLSchemeAsSecure('app')
// Replace with
protocol.registerStandardSchemes(['app'], {secure: true})

// Deprecated
webFrame.registerURLSchemeAsPrivileged('app', {secure: true})
// Replace with
protocol.registerStandardSchemes(['app'], {secure: true})
```

## Node Headers URL

This is the URL specified as `disturl` in a `.npmrc` file or as the `--dist-url`
command line flag when building native Node modules.

Deprecated: https://atom.io/download/atom-shell

Replace with: https://atom.io/download/electron

## `FIXME` comments

The `FIXME` string is used in code comments to denote things that should be
fixed for the 3.0 release. See
https://github.com/electron/electron/search?q=fixme

# Planned Breaking API Changes (4.0)

The following list includes the APIs that will be removed in Electron 4.0.

There is no timetable for when this release will occur but deprecation
warnings will be added at least [one major version](electron-versioning.md#semver) beforehand.

## `app.makeSingleInstance`

```js
// Deprecated
app.makeSingleInstance(function (argv, cwd) {

})
// Replace with
app.requestSingleInstanceLock()
app.on('second-instance', function (argv, cwd) {

})
```

## `app.releaseSingleInstance`

```js
// Deprecated
app.releaseSingleInstance()
// Replace with
app.releaseSingleInstanceLock()
```