electronic-kit-start/template_angular2/src/electron/main.ts

Electronic kit start for devlopment on electron

const electron = require('electron');
// Module to control application life.
const {app} = electron;
// Module to create native browser window.
const {BrowserWindow} = electron;
const {ipcMain} = electron;

// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
let win;

function createWindow() {
  // Create the browser window.
  win = new BrowserWindow({
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    // frame: false,
  });
  // Disable menu
  win.setMenu(null);

  // and load the index.html of the app.
  win.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/../index.html`);

  // Open the DevTools.
  win.webContents.openDevTools();

  // Emitted when the window is closed.
  win.on('closed', () => {
    // Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
    // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
    // when you should delete the corresponding element.
    win = null;
  });
}

// 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', createWindow);

// Quit when all windows are 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();
  }
});

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 (win === null) {
    createWindow();
  }
});

// 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 require them here.

// Ipc listening in main process.
ipcMain.on('asynchronous-message', (event, arg) => {
  console.log(arg);  // prints "ping"
  event.sender.send('asynchronous-reply', 'async pong');
});

ipcMain.on('synchronous-message', (event, arg) => {
  console.log(arg);  // prints "ping"
  event.returnValue = 'sync pong';
});