add dev electron auto-reload

henrique-coder · Jan 22, 2024 · 9897cda · 9897cda
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diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, shell } = require('electron');
 const axios = require('axios');
+const path = require('path');
+const { format } = require('url');
+const reload = require('electron-reload');
 
 let mainWindow;
 
@@ -17,7 +20,13 @@ function createWindow() {
     mainWindow.removeMenu();
 }
 
-app.whenReady().then(createWindow);
+app.whenReady().then(() => {
+    createWindow();
+    reload(__dirname, {
+        electron: path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules', '.bin', 'electron'),
+        awaitWriteFinish: true,
+    });
+});
 
 app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
     if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": "^1.6.5",
     "electron": "^28.1.4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "electron-reload": "^2.0.0-alpha.1"
   }
 }