Merge pull request #858 from belnadris/feat/ipc-app-info

feat: add IPC handlers for app.getPath and app.getVersion

Author: belnadris

app/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {app, BrowserWindow, screen} from 'electron';
+import {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, screen} from 'electron';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ function createWindow(): BrowserWindow {
 }
 
 try {
+  ipcMain.handle('app:get-version', () => app.getVersion());
+
   // 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.

src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class AppComponent {
       console.log('Run in electron');
       console.log('Electron ipcRenderer', this.electronService.ipcRenderer);
       console.log('NodeJS childProcess', this.electronService.childProcess);
+      void this.electronService.ipcRenderer.invoke('app:get-version').then(v => console.log('App version:', v));
     } else {
       console.log('Run in browser');
     }

src/app/home/home.component.ts

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 })
 export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
 
-  constructor() { }
-
   ngOnInit(): void {
     console.log('HomeComponent INIT');
   }