signal-desktop/preload.js

/*
 * Pending electron 1.6.x
 * const env = require('url').parse(window.location, true).query;
*/

console.log('preload');

window.config = {};
window.location.search.substring(1).split('&').forEach(function(variable) {
  var pair = variable.split('=');
  config[decodeURIComponent(pair[0])] = decodeURIComponent(pair[1]);
});

const ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer
window.config.locale_json = ipc.sendSync('locale-data');
Separate development and production environments Set NODE_ENV at run time or build time to switch the app between dev and production modes. At build time, the current NODE_ENV will be included in the packaged app's package.json file. At runtime we read NODE_ENV from package.json, but also allow the local environment variable to override. A query string parsed by a preload script exposes the value to the renderer, which then determines whether we use the staging or production server. Additionally, different environments have different user data directories. // FREEBIE 2017-04-04 20:39:24 +00:00			`/*`
			`* Pending electron 1.6.x`
			`* const env = require('url').parse(window.location, true).query;`
			`*/`

Log on preload 2017-04-07 19:58:42 +00:00			`console.log('preload');`

Rename window.env to window.config Also normalize to camelCase for configs. // FREEBIE 2017-04-13 17:47:30 +00:00			`window.config = {};`
Separate development and production environments Set NODE_ENV at run time or build time to switch the app between dev and production modes. At build time, the current NODE_ENV will be included in the packaged app's package.json file. At runtime we read NODE_ENV from package.json, but also allow the local environment variable to override. A query string parsed by a preload script exposes the value to the renderer, which then determines whether we use the staging or production server. Additionally, different environments have different user data directories. // FREEBIE 2017-04-04 20:39:24 +00:00			`window.location.search.substring(1).split('&').forEach(function(variable) {`
			`var pair = variable.split('=');`
Rename window.env to window.config Also normalize to camelCase for configs. // FREEBIE 2017-04-13 17:47:30 +00:00			`config[decodeURIComponent(pair[0])] = decodeURIComponent(pair[1]);`
Separate development and production environments Set NODE_ENV at run time or build time to switch the app between dev and production modes. At build time, the current NODE_ENV will be included in the packaged app's package.json file. At runtime we read NODE_ENV from package.json, but also allow the local environment variable to override. A query string parsed by a preload script exposes the value to the renderer, which then determines whether we use the staging or production server. Additionally, different environments have different user data directories. // FREEBIE 2017-04-04 20:39:24 +00:00			`});`
Quick fix for i18n Just use the english locale for now. Load locale data from the filesystem in the main process and pass it to the renderer preload script via ipc. Note that we need the locale data to be available by the time view scripts are loaded. // FREEBIE 2017-04-04 06:32:46 +00:00
			`const ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer`
Rename window.env to window.config Also normalize to camelCase for configs. // FREEBIE 2017-04-13 17:47:30 +00:00			`window.config.locale_json = ipc.sendSync('locale-data');`