Electron结合React开发桌面应用

Electron结合React开发桌面应用

环境搭建

前提是安装好npm和nodejs，安装以下开发环境，若安装失败则尝试翻墙或者使用淘宝镜像cnmp

electron环境安装

npm install -g electron-prebuilt
npm install -g electron-packager

create-react-app安装

npm install -g create-react-app
npm install -g react-scripts
## 创建demo

在要创建工程的目录下使用命令create-react-app projectName创建工程:

create-react-app desktop-demo

安装electron以及增加启动命令:

使用命令npm install -save electron安装electron
在脚本里添加启动命令"electron-start": "electron ."

创建Electron的启动文件main.js

在React项目的根目录创建main.js文件,可以直接拷贝[electron-quick-start](https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start)仓库里的main.js

package.json文件修改

在React项目中的package.json文件中增加main字段，值为"main.js"，几homepage字段 "homepage":"."

修改main.js

修改main.js中的win.loadURL，改为
```java
mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
pathname: path.join(__dirname, './build/index.html'),
protocol: 'file:',
slashes: true
}))
```
修改src目录下的APP.js则修改页面内容

运行

在根目录下运行npm run build + npm run electron-start即可看到界面，
报错：npm ERR! desktop-demo@0.1.0 build: `react-scripts build`
运行npm install解决
## 使用热调试
在main.js文件中将启动页修改为 http://localhost:3000/： mainWindow.loadURL('http://localhost:3000/')
开发时，需要启动两个终端，一个终端启动npm start， 另一个终端启动npm run electron-start，这样在electron中就可以热调试了。
不过编译发布时需要改回从build/index.html，可以在package.json中定义个DEV字段，设置为true/false，然后修改main.js，代码如下：
```java
if(pkg.DEV) {
win.loadURL("http://localhost:3000/")
} else {
win.loadURL(url.format({
pathname:path.join(__dirname, './build/index.html'),
protocol:'file:',
slashes:true
}))
}
```
运行npm run electron-start之前，根据需要修改DEV为true/false就行了

## 代码
最终代码如下

package.json

```java
{
"name": "desktop-demo",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"DEV":false,
"main": "main.js",
"homepage": ".",
"dependencies": {
"electron": "^1.7.9",
"npm": "^5.4.2",
"react": "^16.0.0",
"react-dom": "^16.0.0",
"react-scripts": "1.0.14"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
"eject": "react-scripts eject",
"electron-start": "electron ."
}
}

```

main.js：

```java
const electron = require('electron')
// Module to control application life.
const app = electron.app
// Module to create native browser window.
const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow

const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')
const pkg = require('./package.json') // 引用package.json

// 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 mainWindow

function createWindow() {
// Create the browser window.
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})

// and load the index.html of the app.

if(pkg.DEV) {
mainWindow.loadURL("http://localhost:3000/")
} else {
mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
pathname:path.join(__dirname, './build/index.html'),
protocol:'file:',
slashes:true
}))
}

// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()

// Emitted when the window is closed.
mainWindow.on('closed', function () {
// 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.
mainWindow = 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', function () {
// 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', function () {
// 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 (mainWindow === 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.

```