electron-react-typescript-webpack-2022/src/main/app.ts

Custom boilerplate for writing Desktop Applications using Electron, React, Webpack, TypeScript in 2022

import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
import { createAppWindow } from './appWindow';

/** Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling. */
if (require('electron-squirrel-startup')) {
  app.quit();
}

/**
 * This method will be called when Electron has finished
 * initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
 * Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
 */
app.on('ready', createAppWindow);

/**
 * Emitted when the application is activated. Various actions can
 * trigger this event, such as launching the application for the first time,
 * attempting to re-launch the application when it's already running,
 * or clicking on the application's dock or taskbar icon.
 */
app.on('activate', () => {
  /**
   * On OS X it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
   * dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
   */
  if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
    createAppWindow();
  }
});

/**
 * Emitted when all windows have been closed.
 */
app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
  /**
   * On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
   * to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
   */
  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
    app.quit();
  }
});

/**
 * In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process code.
 * You can also put them in separate files and import them here.
 */